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Agricultural Tenancies

EDM number 760 in 2015-16, proposed by Helen Goodman on 25/11/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and Farmers.

That this House commends the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) for its FBT10+ campaign, aimed at encouraging average lengths of term on farm business tenancies to be raised from current levels of less than four years to over 10 years; urges landlords to consider letting longer agricultural tenancies; and calls on the Government to consider the fiscal and legislative proposals of the (TFA) to encourage landlords towards good practice in letting longer term agricultural tenancies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Helen Goodman25/11/2015Bishop AucklandLabourProposed
George Kerevan26/11/2015East LothianScottish National PartySeconded
Alan Meale26/11/2015MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon26/11/2015StrangfordDUPSeconded
Peter Bottomley26/11/2015Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Roger Godsiff01/12/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSeconded
Mary Glindon02/12/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
Mark Williams02/12/2015CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Yasmin Qureshi02/12/2015Bolton South EastLabourSigned
David Hanson27/01/2016DelynLabourSigned
David Crausby27/04/2016Bolton North EastLabourSigned

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