Mr. Stuart Conaty:

The final questions concerned the impact of decarbonisation and the rewetting of bogs and peatlands on local economies and communities. Studies have proved that the rewetting of bogs helps with greenhouse gas emissions and is positive in that respect. The Government needs to look at what that means for communities. If landowners are actively managing their land to give a benefit to the carbon-balancing exercise, we would need to look at this. The people making the sacrifice should not have to bear the responsibility entirely on their own. There needs to be an acknowledgement, in Government policy, of the right to compensation for people who provide this service, which is valuable to the greater economy and, indeed, the world economy.