About The CLA
Priorities
In addition to our wide range of activities we will focus on the following objectives.
Championing the profitability of rural businesses
The CLA’s Just Ask campaign tries to persuade consumers to pay attention to where their food comes from. We will continue to work with the food service sector to help provide this information. The CLA will also champion land-based renewable energy and will continue its fight to remove obstacles in the path of rural economic diversification: particularly planning restrictions and unhelpful tax policy.
Promoting the role of CLA members in delivering landscape, biodiversity and mitigating climate change
The CLA has been working on its vision for the CAP to evolve to a policy for Food and Environmental Security which fully recognises the role of CLA members as guardians, defenders and promoters of the countryside in England and Wales. We will highlight the economic and social contribution our members have made through many generations whilst looking forward to the challenges ahead.
Defending private property rights in England and Wales and insisting on compensation when private property rights are diminished in any way
We will campaign to minimise the impact of statutory public access provisions and promote the benefits of an incentive-led voluntary approach whether this is access to coastal areas, rivers or woodland.
• Opening Doors and Promoting your Business
• CLA – Working for You
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Providing Help and Advice
• CLA Regional Teams
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