Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees As a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, I can say that this is not just a problem in agriculture.
Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees I want to raise one point with the Minister, which I hope he will be able to cover.
Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees It strikes me as well, of course, that the farmer could take the payment but then his wife could establish a new business, in which case per
Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees rose—
Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees It is particularly difficult, because as I am down here doing this job, my wife is minding the farm, although I am the one who signs the for
Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees The hon. Gentleman will be aware that many farmers have already entered into multi-annual environmental schemes.
Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees On the point the Minister raised regarding the farmer who might want to retire and take three years’ payments, one question we tried to expl
Power to modify legislation governing the basic payment scheme | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees The sorts of policies we are talking about have previously been EU policies, and the decision on whether to scrutinise them has been down to
Financial assistance: checking, enforcing and monitoring | Agriculture Bill | Public Bill Committees That is precisely the point I was coming to. The European Union instructed OLAF, its own anti-fraud body, to look at that sort of thing.
