Phosphate provided an opening for grazing in legislation

The motion for mandatory grazing was passed with a majority at the last minute before the election recess. This concerned the Ouwehand motion. Motions were also passed to lower the percentage of processing, to set up an advisory committee more quickly and to accommodate all quitters.  

With motions, MPs can remedy the gaps they see in legislation or in other areas. The State Secretary is not obliged to adopt the adopted motions, but must have good reasons not to do so. 

The necessary motions emerged from the Agriculture and Fisheries Council. For example, Esther Ouwehand, Party for the Animals (PvdD), stated that the phosphate plans are resulting in new concerns about the percentage of cows grazing. 'Requests the government to legally guarantee grazing for cows.' The motion was adopted with votes from the SP, PvdA, D66, Monasch, PVV, PvdD and GroenLinks. 

It was only one of the motions passed. Most related to the phosphate plans. The motion by Visser and Lodders about compensating companies of young farmers who were land-bound on 2 July was also adopted. Henk van Gerven, SP, was once again confirmed that companies that are land-bound for the phosphate rights, are also for the phosphate reduction plans. The motions adopted by Rien van der Velde, PvdA, and Carla Dik-Faber had the same purport.

Jaco Geurts, CDA, managed to get a majority for a motion that provides that everyone who invoked the stopper arrangement will be accommodated within the legal and financial possibilities. Also because this is important for phosphate reduction. Others who signed were Van Vliet, Johan Houwers, Elbert Dijkgraaf (SGP), Carla Dik-Faber (ChristenUnie) and Joram van Klaveren.

There are also concerns about the process for identifying bottlenecks. The adopted motion by Carla Dik-Faber states that an advisory committee must be set up before 1 April. Geurts, Dijkgraaf and Van Gerven also signed this motion.   

In addition to the motions relating to phosphate, there were also a number of motions that were not related to the phosphate plans. For example, Dijkgraaf's motion was adopted, which states that the percentages of manure processing must be reduced. The expected maximum phosphate production of 172,9 million kilograms must be assumed. Geurts, Dion Graus (PVV), Van Klaveren, Van Vliet and Houwers also signed the motion. Dijkgraaf found even more support for a trial with e-CMR for the export of solid manure. Something that Van Dam has ignored several times.  

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