Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which parts of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill would not have been allowed had the UK remained a member of the EU.
Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill goes further than Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU in a number of ways. In particular The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill introduces a proportionate accountability mechanism, involving the Animal Sentience Committee. It applies to all policy areas and has no exemptions.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 27 October (HL2665), how much of the 2015 Common Agricultural Policy budget has been, or will be, spent in support of United Kingdom agriculture.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
In 2015, the UK has been allocated around 7% of the total CAP budget, equivalent to a total of €4 billion.
In pounds sterling, based on the average European central Bank exchange rate for September used for calculating direct payments, this equates to a total of £2.9 billion. Of this amount, £2.3 billion is allocated to Pillar 1 direct payments and £620 million to Pillar 2 rural development.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current annual cost of the Common Agricultural Policy; and what proportion is contributed by the United Kingdom.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
The Common Agricultural Policy imposes two types of costs - the taxpayer costs from contributing to the EU budget and regulatory costs to industry which arise from CAP Regulations.
The total EU annual financial cost of the Common Agricultural Policy in 2015 is €55 billion.
The UK contributes over €16 billion to the total annual EU budget. CAP accounts for just under 40% of the EU budget.