25/10/2011
Anna Hill finds out how conservationists go about legitimate bird netting, amid concern about illegal trapping. And, MPs vote today on ending farmworkers pay protection.
Anna Hill finds out how conservationists go about legitimate bird netting, amid concern about illegal trapping. MPs will vote on Government plans to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board in England and Wales, which sets minimum pay levels, and conditions including overtime rates, for farmworkers. The AWB is due to be scrapped under the Public Bodies Bill, which gets its third reading in the Commons today. And, Anna learns what it's like to farm in a National Park from a man who grazes three thousand Aberdeen Angus on the Broads.
Presenter: Anna Hill
Producer: Sarah Swadling.
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