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Feedback from one MAG member on the issue of the Defra’s farm subsidies and Motorsport:
Hello, I tend you agree with you on some of the points but not on a cart blanche basis, I am a bit of a mixed up girl you could say, having owned horses all my life, hunted, am a conservationist and my husband and I have had numerous bikes, as have all my past boyfriends (scramblers and trials bikes).
I was brought up with and have owned land rovers and have lived in the countryside most of my life so I feel I have quite a broad view from this mixed experience.
My point being that the government seems to be picking on everyone, farming, hunting, motor sports, green belts no longer safe from developers etc etc, if fact when Labour came into Government I said they would start the tarmac machines in Scotland and roll down the country but in fact they started in Kent and are rolling up the country and they won't be happy until everything green is gone.
However I feel that the farmers are the only wardens left of the country side other than Volunteer Environmentalist Groups.
They are paid subsidies/grants to keep the conversation corridors (hedgerows etc) so that wildlife can flourish and also return to some barren parts of our countryside.
They are encouraged with grants to stop monoculture, especially in forest plantations for the same reasons.
How can this flora and fauna flourish when ripped up by off roading, covered in petrol and diesel fumes, oil spills and then compete with the rubbish that the spectators leave behind.
Some of the smaller events are not so invasive, and trial biking certainly is a lot more countryside friendly.
I would agree that the list issued by Defra is not fair but they should consider the type of damage done by the motor vehicle event when they make the assessment rather than a complete U turn.
Elizabeth
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