PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Agriculture: Subsidies (27 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will retain the three-crop rule in any future agricultural payment scheme after the UK has left the EU.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
As announced in the Queen’s Speech, we intend to introduce an Agriculture Bill in this parliamentary session. This Bill will support a thriving and self-reliant farming sector and deliver on the manifesto commitment to provide stability for farmers as we leave the European Union. The Three-Crop Rule is the type of well-meaning but ineffective rule that we want to review in favour of better environmental outcomes.
The Government plans to consult ahead of the introduction of the Agriculture Bill. This will allow us to take on views from interested groups and individuals.
Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
5 December 2017
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