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Proceeding contribution from Lord Monson (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 7 November 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Rural Payments Agency.


Rural Payments Agency

My Lords, first, can the Minister tell us why, according to a letter in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph, the interest paid by the agency on overdue payments is apparently completely withheld if the sum due is under £50? Secondly—here I declarean interest—why is the rate of interest payable only 6.75 per cent when the average rate of interest paid by farmers on their overdrafts is at least one full percentage point above that, and possibly more?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
686 c686 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Agriculture Farmers Payments Subsidies Rural Payments Agency Common agricultural policy
Link
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