Budget: Implications for Farming Communities Debate

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Damian Hinds

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Budget: Implications for Farming Communities

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Point of Order
Monday 4th November 2024

(2 weeks, 3 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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I can give my hon. Friend that assurance.

Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con)
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Ministers keep saying that we should not worry about APR because far more people think they will pay it than will actually be caught. Does he not recognise that that is part of the problem? People have to make business decisions now for an uncertain future, and this policy will have a depressive effect on the investment that we need in agriculture.

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I do not agree. If the right hon. Member looks at a number of the more thoughtful commentators in the debate over the last few days, he will see that there are some very different views out there on the impact this policy will have.

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