Budget: Implications for Farming Communities Debate
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(2 weeks, 3 days ago)
Commons ChamberNo, I do not. For the reasons that I outlined earlier, I think that it will act as a disincentive for people to do that.
Farmers in my constituency have told me that they are struggling, owing to the abysmal implementation of a transition payment scheme by the last Government. There have been huge delays in receiving payments and they have been caught up in bureaucracy. Will the Minister reassure me, and those farmers in my constituency, that this Government are fixing those problems and speeding up payments to our farmers?