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51 records in UK in 2016
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports of a fall in the number of temporary migrant agricultural workers since the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, what steps they are taking to encourage migrant workers to apply for seasonal
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of Basic Payment Scheme claims made in 2016 to date have been paid.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people who made a claim to the Basic Payment Scheme in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016 are yet to receive a payment for either claim.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Basic Payment Scheme claims made in 2015 are yet to be fully resolved by the Rural Payments Agency; and how many such claims were resolved by that agency in each of the last 1
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2016
Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 12-13 December in Brussels. I will represent the United Kingdom.As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for Fisheries will be reaching Political Agreements on 2017 fishing opportunities for ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2016
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 12-13 December in Brussels. I will represent the United Kingdom.As the pro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the main reasons were for non-payment of Basic Farm Payments to those who made claims that resulted in no payment in the last year for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential effect of climate change on the future contribution of the agriculture industry to the UK economy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is no shortfall in the number of people will adequate skills to take up jobs in agriculture after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will ma
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that farmers are provided with detailed breakdowns of the claims paid to them when they receive basic farm payments.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to guarantee funding for agricultural research programmes that are currently funded by the EU, for the first five years following Brexit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each of the top 50 recipients of funding from the Common Agricultural Policy received in 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to provide mental health services support to farmers who are experiencing depression or anxiety as a result of financial hardship caused by late payments.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the agricultural workers scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2016
I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 14 and 15 November in Brussels.Commissioner Vella presented a proposal for a Council Regulation setting deep sea fishing opportunities for 2017 and 2018. Commissioner Vella noted there were ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2016
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 14 and 15 November in Brussels.Commissioner Vella presented a ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps he plans to take during the UK's negotiations to leave the EU to ensure that (a) the financial and competitive position of UK agriculture is maintained and (b) UK agriculture can pro
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have been underpaid under the 2015 Basic Payments Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 15 November (HL3019), whether they will consider implementing a new Seasonal Agricultural Permit Scheme that allows non-EU workers to work in the UK for a s
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how Ministers in her Department receive briefings from the Rural Payments Agency on delays in farm payments to commons farmers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential future effect of a changing climate on growing and farming practices in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure timely payments from the Rural Payments Agency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2016 to Question 53157, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of application of (a) nitrogen, (b) phosphate, (c) potash and (d) sulphur on
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much in payments due to have been made in 2015 by the Rural Payments Agency have not yet been paid to commons farmers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases are outstanding for commons payments from the Rural Payments Agency under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of the potential impact on agriculture and food production if strict limits on migration are imposed following withdrawal from the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much in total was paid under the Basic Payments Scheme in England in 2015 for (a) lowlands, (b) severely disadvantaged areas and (c) moorlands; and for each of those areas, how man
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the UK paid to the European Commission on disallowance penalties for Common Agricultural Policy payments which did not comply with regulations in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inaccurate Common Agricultural Policy payments were made to farmers in (a) St Helens North, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of inaccurate Common Agricultural Policy payments.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applicants for common agricultural policy payments from (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK were awaiting payment by the March 2016 payment deadlin
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers had not received money due from the Rural Payments Agency under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme by the end of 16 November 2016 in (a) England, (b) Cumbria and (c) Copela
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total application of (a) nitrogen, (b) phosphate, (c) potash and (d) sulphur on farmland across the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect farmers from fluctuating energy costs; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2016
Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 14-15 November in Brussels. I will represent the UK. As the provisional agenda stands, the primary focus for Fisheries will be a Political Agreement on fishing opportunities for EU vessels for certain d...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2016
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 14-15 November in Brussels. I will represent the UK. As the provisional ag...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to conduct further research on the value of trees to farm productivity.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact that leaving the EU will have on farming; and whether they plan to implement a new seasonal agricultural workers scheme in order to attract non-EU workers onto farms to pick frui
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many farmers are still awaiting grants or payments under the Basic Payment Scheme; and of those, how many are farmers or landowners holding land of (1) less than 250, (2) 250–750, and (3) more than 750, acres.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to seek access to the EU market under existing terms for Scottish agricultural firms after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2016
The UK was represented by Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union, Shan Morgan, at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 10 October in Luxembourg.Commissioner Vella gave a presentation on the International Commission for the Conservation ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2016
My Hon Friend the Minister of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.The UK was represented by Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union, Shan Morgan, at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 10 October in Luxembourg....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 October 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the demand for seasonal workers in the agricultural industry to ensure crops are harvested in the required timescales.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 October 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to introduce a subsidy ceiling on farm payments; and if so, what ceiling.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the burden of regulation on farmers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance her Department is providing to support farmers in utilising new technologies to increase productivity.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider providing bridging payments to Rural Payment Agency claimants awaiting payment after 31 March 2017.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to improve the level of information provided to farmers on how claim payments under the Basic Payment Scheme are broken down.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on resolving Basic Payment Scheme claims which include common land.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of health and safety in the agricultural sector.