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Recommendation 19
19
Rejected
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We recommend that the Environment Agency work with DEFRA to intensify its work in the...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Environment Agency work with DEFRA to intensify its work in the inspection and, where necessary, remediation of large animal slurry stores. Where remediation is required, funding from the Slurry Investment Fund should be made available to support the work.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government does not accept the recommendation, and states that the Environment Act requires notification of spills occurring within 1 hour of the discharge and continuous monitoring of the environment.
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127
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
The Government is committed, in the Agricultural Transition Plan, to make funding available for farmers to improve their slurry infrastructure (including storage and covers) from autumn 2022. We are currently co-designing the grant offer with farmers, experts, sector representatives, and regulators and will be publishing details of the offer shortly. The slurry infrastructure grants will be offered under the Farming Investment Fund’s Farming Transformation Fund. Through the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (the small grants scheme of the Farming Investment Fund), we are currently offering funding for separation, scraping and precision-spreading techniques, enabling farmers to start making upgrades and improvements to their slurry systems.
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