Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 21
First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?
Published 30 Jun 2021
Paragraph 105
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We support the recommendations of the Natural Capital Committee that the development of soil indicators should be fast-tracked; that a shadow target for soil health should be established urgently; and that a legally-binding target for soil health ought to be established as soon as monitoring data allows. Healthy soils should be a priority outcome for the Environmental Land Management Schemes, so as to encourage farmers to adopt beneficial agri-environmental practices.
From: Environmental Audit Committee, First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (HC 136), paragraph 105, 30 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 30 September 2021 (deadline 30 August 2021).