Mr. Bill Callanan:

I do not have that data because we are at an early stage. We have just set up a group to look at this issue and it will take on board the views of people generally regarding what level of penetration is necessary. To be clear, the Department is doing two things. It is supporting actions that are helping to remove carbon, whether or not they are countable on an individual farm level. Examples include the straw incorporation scheme, the drive towards multispecies swards and the soil sampling scheme, which I spoke about. These are enablers in the development of low-carbon farming. I refer as well to the national agricultural soil carbon observatory.