Agriculture: Subsidies

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of postponing the phase out of direct payments to farmers until 2024 in the context of the impact of Russia’s invasion o

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1. 22 April 2022

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of postponing the phase out of direct payments to farmers until 2024 in the context of the impact of Russia’s invasion o

   Source: Commons

2. 28 April 2022

   Answer

   We are not going to change the profile of Direct Payments reductions.Area based subsidy gave half the farming budget to 10% of landowners. The Basic Payment Scheme did not support food production and did nothing to stop the decline in nature. We must seiz...

   Source: Written answer

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