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Written Question
LIFE Programme
Tuesday 5th November 2019

Asked by: Gillian Keegan (Conservative - Chichester)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to replace EU LIFE funding for projects such as the Little Tern Recovery Project at Pagham Harbour after the UK leaves the EU.

Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Projects funded under the L’Instrument Financier pour l’Environnement (LIFE) programme have played an important role in helping to implement environment policy in the UK. The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan makes clear that public funding will continue to play an important role in protecting and enhancing our natural environment. Securing a negotiated exit from the EU would ensure that UK organisations could continue to access LIFE funding until the end of 2020. The UK Government has guaranteed to underwrite the funding for agreed LIFE projects led by UK organisations in the event of the funding from the EU stopping in a ‘no deal’ exit. Once the terms of the UK’s exit from the EU are clear, we will decide as part of the next multi-year Spending Review, whether the UK will seek to associate with the LIFE programme as a third country or whether domestic arrangements should be established.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

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Written Question
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Wednesday 30th October 2019

Asked by: Gillian Keegan (Conservative - Chichester)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to approve the final national call for applications to the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; and whether she has made an assessment of the trends in the time it takes for applications to be assessed and approved by her Department and the Rural Payments Agency.

Answered by George Eustice

My department is aiming to open a new round of national-level Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Growth Programme calls for business development, food processing and tourism infrastructure projects in early November. This will enable all stages of the project application and assessment process to be completed in time for funding to be awarded, in line with the Government’s guarantee to honour all funding commitments signed by the end December 2020.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Oct 2019
Environment Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Oct 2019
Environment Bill

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 24 Oct 2019
Plastic Food and Drink Packaging

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 24 Oct 2019
Plastic Food and Drink Packaging

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 24 Oct 2019
Plastic Food and Drink Packaging

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 24 Oct 2019
Plastic Food and Drink Packaging

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