DESNZ noted that global biomass prices would strongly influence how significant a role biomass would play and in what sectors, given that there are several areas in which it can be used.45 Higher biomass prices could encourage a growth in domestic production, but this could reduce the amount of land available for food production in the UK.46 The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is currently consulting on this issue in advance of producing a ‘land use framework’. which will look at how to reduce the risk of competition between biomass production and food production.47 For example, the government has committed to at least maintain current levels of UK food production and to achieve a degree of reforestation by 2050, both of which will reduce land availability for growing biomass feedstocks.48 We heard from stakeholders that there is a need for a more pragmatic approach to promoting domestic biomass production and that biomass can be cultivated on marginal land that is not used for food production.49