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187 records in UK in 2016
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for late payments being made under the Basic Payment Scheme by the Rural Payments Agency; and how many farmers have received late payments to date.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure (a) people who have not received payments from the Basic Payment Scheme for 2015 will receive those payments by the end of March 2016 and
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent changes the Government has made to the Basic Payment Scheme claims process; and what assessment the Government has made of the effect of those changes on the performance of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she plans to announce the Basic Payment Scheme claims process for 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the agriculture and fishing sectors of the UK leaving the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of a UK withdrawal from the EU on the UK farming industry.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the UK remaining in the EU on the farming industry.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2016
I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 15 February in Brussels.The chair of the Council, Netherlands Minister for Agriculture, presented their work programme for the duration of the Dutch Presidency. It focused on the key areas o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2016
My Hon Friend the Minister of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 15 February in Brussels.The chair of the Council, Netherlands Minister for Agriculture, presented ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to implement the findings of the Report of the Independent Farming Regulation Taskforce, published in May 2011.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential financial effect of leaving the EU on agriculture in Britain and Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to process the claims under the basic payments scheme of farmers who are still awaiting mapping and registration before the close of the application period this year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications for British farmers of the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage more young people to go into farming.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2016
Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 15 February in Brussels. My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), will represent the UK. As the provisional agenda stands, the following items will...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 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 15 February in Brussels. My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure the resilience of agriculture businesses in (a) Copeland and (b) Allerdale to respond to the effects of (i) Storm Desmond and (ii) future severe weathe
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps to ensure that farming business is market-led rather than production-led.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many farming businesses have applied for funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Flood Recovery Programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many farmers were not in receipt of the Basic Payment Scheme payments by the end of January 2016; and whether any of those payments are expected to be paid to those living in areas affected by flooding in 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect all valid claims from farmers in 2015 to the Rural Payments Agency to be paid.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure timely and effective processing of Rural Payments Agency payments to farmers in 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many acres of farmland she plans will be protected by government investment in flood defences over the next six years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the Court of Auditors' report stating that EU farm projects to improve the environmental sustainability of EU farms are unreasonably costly; and what action they are taking to hold to account tho
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to develop agriculture education links with countries that would benefit from UK expertise.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department and the Rural Payments Agency will issue partial payments to farmers that have not been paid by early February 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Rural Payments Agency will inform all farmers who are expecting payments of the specific timings that those payments will be expected.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2016 to Question 21517, whether funding for the Farming Recovery Fund has been increased since its extension to farmers affected by recent flooding
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce interim payments under the Basic Payments Scheme for farmers who have not received their payments by the end of January 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of farmers who will have received their payments under the Basic Payments Scheme by the end of January 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that best practice is shared with each of the devolved institutions on development among employers of agri-tech and skills strategies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the value of the agricultural and horticultural industries to West Lancashire; and how many people were employed directly and through the supply chain in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has estimated the cost to the agricultural and horticultural industry in West Lancashire of flooding in December 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 January 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 21 December 2015 (HL4409), when was the last revision of the Agricultural Land Classification Survey guidelines.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department made to the recent meeting of the EU Fisheries and Agriculture Council; and for which species support was given at that meeting for quotas exceeding
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to extend the Farming Recovery Fund to provide support for farmers in all areas affected by the recent flooding.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 January 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on British agriculture of the Nairobi Package agreed by the World Trade Organisation on 19 December 2015.