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Agriculture Bill

Proceeding contribution from Mary Creagh (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 October 2018. It occurred during Debate on bills on Agriculture Bill.

While we may welcome payments that enable farmers to exit farming, does the hon. Gentleman agree that there should be protections for the taxpayer in the statutory instruments that flow from this Bill? We cannot have a farmer taking seven years’ payments up front to retire and then signing the farm over to his son or daughter the next day, thereby double claiming on the same land for the next seven years.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
647 c192 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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