EU Financial Management

: I concur with my hon. Friend’s view on the CAP. Does he agree that one of the problems with the recent budget was the many warm words that were spoken about moving towards rural development in place of targeted support based on production? When push came to shove, all the countries involved fell down on the obligation towards rural development and, again, sucked money back into direct support. That might have happened because of the French, but the British also fell into line. Surely that is shocking.