We have an absolute moral obligation to steward the natural environment that we live in, and to ensure a good living for the people who look after the land.
In the 20th century farming pulled off a miracle of productivity, generating huge yields to feed our growing urban population.
I have joined the Ecclesiastical Committee of both Houses of Parliament: 15 peers and 15 MPs, tasked with approving (‘declaring expedient’), or not, the measures passed by General Synod of the Church of England. It’s a reminder that we have a state Church, and ultimately Parliament is its lawmaker.
