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151 records in UK in 2016
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on employment in the food manufacturing and farming sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the event of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, both Houses would have to approve the final outcome of the negotiations between the UK and the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to make available funding at the same level as currently received from the Common Agricultural Policy in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 17 May in Brussels.There were four main agenda items. The Presidency introduced the first debate...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many claims made under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme are still outstanding; and when all the those claims will be settled.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she expects all applications made before the deadline for the applications for the 2016 Payment Scheme to be paid this year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the legal requirements for MOT testing are a devolved matter in Scotland; what assessment they have made of the requirement for new vehicles to be subject to MOT testing after the first three years of use; and which
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the UK is still bound by the provisions of Directive 2005/85/EC on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status despite having not opted in to the recast Directive 201
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 May 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, If he will make it his policy that the Scottish Government Minister with responsibility for fisheries will chair meetings of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council when the UK holds the pr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 May 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of farmers who have received (a) a payment and (b) full payment from the Rural Payments Agency under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 May 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, of the 1,103 claims to the Flood Recovery Fund made by farmers in Cumbria, Northumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, County Durham and Greater Manchester, (1) who is responsible for approving those claims, (2) how many have b
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 May 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why processing claims to the Flood Recovery Fund have been delayed, and when they estimate that the processing of such claims will be completed.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 May 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on farmers in (a) Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and (b) Scotland of the UK leaving the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 May 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Rural Payments Agency and the Welsh Government on delays in paying Basic Payments Scheme cheques to cross-border farmers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 May 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of basic farm payments claimed during 2015 had been paid as of 30 April.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 May 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the delays by the Rural Payments Agency in making basic farm payments claimed in 2015, and of the causes of those delays.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 May 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will extend the deadline for claims for basic farm payments for 2016 until 31 May or later.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of public grant funded research on the environment, food and farming.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on farmers of the UK leaving the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Rural Payments Agency learns the lessons of the introduction of the Basic Payment Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural Payments Agency will maintain the current level of resources until the 2016 applications are logged and the issues with the 2015 applications are resolved; and if she
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural Payments Agency is expected to resolve post-payment adjustments for the 2015 Basic Payments Scheme before September 2016; and if all outstanding cases will receive in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by when will 2015 payments to farmers from the Rural Payments Agency be completed; and when can farmers receiving a 50 per cent bridging payment expect to be paid in full.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 April 2016
My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 11 April in Luxembourg.Two fisheries items were presented. Firstly by the Presidency, on the fra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 April 2016
My Rt. Hon friend, the Secretary of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), represented the UK ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on farmers of late payments under the Basic Payment Scheme by the Rural Payments Agency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in Stafford constituency who are eligible for payments under the Basic Payments Scheme 2015 had not been paid by 31 March 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many payments under the Basic Payments Scheme 2015 had not been made to farmers in Stafford constituency by the Rural Payments Agency by 31 March 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when it is planned Dartmoor Farmers who farm on common land will receive payments under the Basic Payment Scheme; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have been subject to penalties for non-compliance with Single Farm Payment Scheme requirements in each of the last five years; and what the total value of those penalt
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 April 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the concerns expressed by the National Farmers Union and the Country Land and Business Association regarding the prospective loss of funding and access to markets to British agriculture in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total amount of disallowance penalties was imposed on the UK by the EU in each of the last 10 years; and what contingency funding has been set aside for disallowance penalties in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency funding her Department has set aside for future disallowance penalties imposed by the EU on the UK in each of the next five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 April 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on farmers in receipt of payments from the Common Agricultural Policy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 14 March in Brussels.Commissioner Hogan introduced the first agenda item on financial instruments and invited the European Investment bank (EIB) to make a presentation. Many Member States hi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 March 2016
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 14 March in Brussels.Commissioner Hogan introduced the first agenda item on financial inst...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of Common Agricultural Policy funding that (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland will receive in each year between 2014 and 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department provides to farmers who are waiting to receive a single farm payment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any studies that have been conducted in the UK about integrating the cultivation of trees, crops and livestock on the same agricultural area, and of the conclusions of those studies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the only current option for English farmers who wish to plant trees with CAP support is to have forestry as a separate enterprise on their holding, with densities of around 400 trees per hectare, rather than integrate t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what practical examples of agroforestry have been visited by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs staff in England, and what assessment they have made of whether, in the light of the fact that Wales, Scotl
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they have received about the benefits of agroforestry in other European countries for soil conservation, biodiversity, productivity and the reduction of flooding.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether agroforestry measures under the CAP could help provide an incentive for farmers to plant some trees on pasture as opposed to clearing scrub and trees from pasture, and what assessme
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mean time was between application for payment and receipt of payment of the (a) Basic Farm Payment and (b) Single Farm Payment to individual farms in Kent in the financial yea
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mean time taken was between application for payment and receipt of the (a) Basic Farm Payment and (b) Single Farm Payment to individual farms in the UK in the financial year 2
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2016
Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 14 March in Brussels. I will be representing the UK. Also in attendance will be the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment, Richard Lochhead MSP; the Northern Irish Minister ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2016
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 14 March in Brussels. I will be representing the UK. Also in attendance will be the Scottish Cabinet S...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the speed with which payments are made to small farmers under the Basic Payment Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprenticeship starts in the food and farming sector her Department estimates there will be in each of the next five academic years.