The Minister makes an interesting point. There are cases in Europe of people wanting to exempt small farmers from a lot of the conditions. In countries where the majority of the land is made up of very small farms, all the greening aspects get taken out because the farmers are ruled out of them.
Common Agricultural Policy
Proceeding contribution from
Neil Parish
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 1 November 2012.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Common Agricultural Policy.
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2012-13
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