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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-10-27more like thismore than 2016-10-27
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Agriculture: Subsidies more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to introduce a subsidy ceiling on farm payments; and if so, what ceiling. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer more like this
uin HL2788 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-11-10more like thismore than 2016-11-10
answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce a subsidy ceiling on farm payments. Previously, the Government has opposed the European Commission’s proposals for capping farm payments due to the risk that to do so would simply encourage farms to restructure into smaller, and perhaps, less efficient units to avoid losing out on payments.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government is looking at how best to support farming and the countryside after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-11-10T12:30:24.73Zmore like thismore than 2016-11-10T12:30:24.73Z
answering member
4161
label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
tabling member
1934
label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer more like this