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Select committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

First Special Report - Tree Planting: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2021–22

Published 20 June 2022

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The government's response

This document responds to Third Report - Tree planting.

This is the government's response, published 20 June 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government 'welcomes the recommendations' in the Committee's report and says that in many cases it 'has already taken action, or is planning action' to address them.

  • On annual targets, it sets a planned England planting profile rising from 2,500 hectares in 2021/22 to 7,500 hectares in 2024/25, which it says is back loaded to allow new grants to become embedded.
  • On the Tenancy Working Group, it says "We agree with the recommendation" and has included tree planting by tenant farmers within the group's remit.
  • On Wykeham nursery, it gives no commitment to review the closure. It says the decision was "carefully considered" and will not affect tree planting ambitions, and that the site is available to lease by competitive tender.
  • On seasonal worker visas, it says 30,000 visas will be available in 2022, to be kept under review with potential to increase by 10,000 "if necessary". It says a nine-month visa "runs counter to the scheme being seasonal only".

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