Mr. Simon White:

The problem with that is that we have many people with more than 10 ha. We have one person with two sets of 10 ha. This person has already taken one out and has now been told that they are not exempt because they are going for the second set of 10 ha. That first set of 10 ha was taken in the first scheme when it was much younger. This person wants to take out the second one but is being told that they are now going into a second area. All the complicated arrangements are a massive problem. What we need is simplification. It is being made incredibly complicated and ordinary people are being put to the pin of their collar to deal with all these regulations. If you have broadleaf trees, what risk is there to the environment of doing any management with them? They are on good, free-draining ground. Far more damage could be done by harvesting a field of maize in October than anything that would be done here and yet if you are within 15 km of a special area of conservation, SAC, or something, you have to go to all the expense and time to get those environmental impact assessments done, which, again, stalls the whole thing. People are stuck without being able to deal with the issue, which is very unfair.