Petition End provision of agricultural subsidies for managed grouse moorland in England

Alter the criteria required to qualify for agricultural subsidy to exclude sectors which do not generate any important food source, (e.g. land management for grouse shooting). A threshold of minimum food production per hectare should be implemented.

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Grouse moors in England provide only 1520 full time jobs in England (2016, Countryside alliance, National gamekeepers association), and occupy 8% of the total land area of Britain. No food source of significant importance is provided by management of land for grouse shooting. Grouse moors represent a devastatingly inefficient waste of land use. Agricultural subsidies are intended to maintain stable food prices, and taxpayers are not getting value for money by supporting this wasteful industry.

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Date closed 13 October 2021
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