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Rural Payments Agency

As I have repeatedly explained to the House, I am not in the business of giving Members guarantees that I cannot substantiate, but I do guarantee to keep the House informed. I can tell the hon. Gentleman that the payment window expires at the end of June, and it will be the earnest endeavour of everyone in my Department concerned with this issue to make the maximum number of payments as early as we can; we do not want to approach the payment window with payments still to make. But at the moment I cannot give the hon. Gentleman the firmer, clearer or more reliable answer that I know he wants.