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Douglas Carswell Excerpts(8 years, 8 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I recently met both the National Farmers Union and the Welsh NFU, and I continue to have meetings with farming organisations, including in my own constituency. I know there have been problems with the payment system. The latest figures show that some 87% of all claims have been paid. I believe that the figures for Herefordshire are in line with the national average, but obviously that is no consolation to the 13% that have not received those payments. That is why we have a financial hardship process. We are working with charities. We have made hardship payments amounting to more than £7 million, but we need to make sure that the lessons of how to make the system work better in future years are properly learned.
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (UKIP)
Q2. If the British people vote to leave the European Union, will the Prime Minister remain in office to implement their decision?