EU Financial Management

My hon. Friend speaks with a great expertise on agricultural matters, and I am pleased to receive his assistance. We should consider rural policies in terms of agricultural subsidies. Perhaps we should regenerate some of our livestock farming, which is so healthy for the countryside, and also good for wildlife and for the environment. That could be done if we had a national agricultural policy rather than having a system that is based on the CAP and the EU. So often, those who take a critical view of these matters are said to be anti-European. I feel that I am strongly pro-European in the best sense. I was born in Europe, I speak a European language, I love European culture and I love European people. I happen not to believe that the construct that is called the European Union is a good idea as it stands. I believe that it should be substantially reformed. It is the EU construct that is wrong, not Europe. Europe is a wonderful place.