Herbert: Careless calls to cut livestock numbers undermine climate change action
25 November 2009
Responding to the launch of a government-funded report that calls on the UK and other developed countries to make large reductions in livestock numbers in response to climate change, the Shadow Environment Secretary, Nick Herbert said:
“While Defra Ministers claim to support individual choice and British farmers, health Ministers are endorsing a report calling for huge reductions in meat consumption. Agriculture must play a part in reducing emissions, but careless demands like this don't just undermine farming, they erode public support for action on climate change. Is it now the Government's policy to promote a 30 per cent reduction in livestock or not?”