Rural Payments Agency: Basic Payment Scheme Debate
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Lord Haselhurst
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Rural Payments Agency: Basic Payment Scheme
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George Eustice
As my hon. Friend says, we have acted swiftly to ensure that we can send maps and paper applications to ensure that all farmers can get their applications in on time. We have a network of 50 digital support centres to help farmers with the registration process, because we still want them to register with the online system.
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con)
Amid all the arguments, is it not simply vital to recognise that the important thing is that farmers get the money that is due to them when they need it? Echoing the words of my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Miss McIntosh), there is the consolatory thought that that will allow broadband roll-out to catch up.