Rural Payments Agency: Basic Payment Scheme

Lord Lloyd of Berwick Excerpts

Tuesday 24th March 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

Increasingly that is the case, but the RPA has written to all farmers, who may not all be online, and equally to all those who may have broadband problems in the areas where broadband is not completely rolled out. By way of the helpline, the mobile units and so on, the RPA is trying to make sure that those who are not online get help.

[Lord Lloyd of Berwick (CB)]

My Lords, my particular problem is that I believe that I may have registered, but I cannot now find out whether I have registered or not. It seems to be impossible to discover.

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

My Lords, I am very sorry about that. Perhaps the noble and learned Lord needs to phone the RPA helpline and, like the noble Lord, Lord Davies, discover whether he exists. I wish him luck. The helpline and the contacts are there to try to iron out those initial problems.