The Environmental Audit Committee are carrying out an inquiry on soil health. They are inviting written submissions, to be submitted no later than 5 pm on Thursday 14 January 2016.
The Committee invites written submissions, on:
- How could soil health best be measured and monitored? How could the Government develop a strategy for tracking soil health?
- What are the benefits that healthy soils can provide to society?
- What are the consequences of failing to protect soil health for the environment, public health, food security, and other areas?
- What measures are currently in place to ensure that good soil health is promoted? And what further measures should the Government and other organisations consider in order to secure soil health?
- What role (if any) should soil health play in the Government’s upcoming 25 year plan for the natural environment?
Submissions must be written on the form available at