Dr. Andy Bleasdale:

The solutions we seek to provide are never straightforward. There are complications here. We are working across government with a whole suite of actors and sectors delivering their policies. The bigger question for us all is how do we integrate those. We also need to grab the low-hanging fruit, as was suggested there. Prosecution, enforcement, engagement and outreach are all pillars in our armoury that we would seek to deliver, but there are also the perverse incentives that do not encourage a sensible outcome to be delivered. I am not going to pick up on the example of the bees as being a livestock unit particularly, but if there something that blocks an action by a farmer and if he could get to that point through some change in policy, which would support a change that would favour biodiversity, then the State should embrace that solution ultimately. I would argue that very strongly.