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Ministerial statement on Monday, 27 March 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bach.

Rural Payments Agency

Lords statement on the Rural Payments Agency.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
680 c599-611 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Dixon-Smith | 680 c610 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the Minister, because I was not here for the Statement, but I have read it....
Lord Bach | 680 c610-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord must have misheard me. I did not say that part payments could not be made; ...
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Lord Bach | 680 c610 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I repeat that part payments have not been ruled out altogether; we are awaiting further ad...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 680 c609 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that Reading is the best performing office. How many offices are there in tot...
Lord Bach | 680 c609 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Reading is the best office in terms of mapping. No one would argue that any office was par...
Lord Northbrook | 680 c609 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the Statement the Minister said that the RPA faced substantial problems in getting SPS ...
Lord Bach | 680 c608 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. In broad terms, £1.6 billion is the very sizeable sum of...
Lord Carter | 680 c608 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend respond to my question on advance payments?
Lord Bach | 680 c608 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are not ruling anything out until we hear more from the chief executive, but if advance...
Countess of Mar | 680 c608-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Lord know that the extra payments made to hill farmers are dependent on the...
Lord Palmer | 680 c609-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted to hear that Reading is such a fine centre of excellence because I was born...
Lord Bach | 680 c609 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have answered the noble Viscount, Lord Bledisloe, on compensation. I am afraid that it i...
Lord Bach | 680 c606 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am surprised that the noble Lord, given his vast experience of public life, should say t...
Lord Monro of Langholm | 680 c606 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sad to say it, but this must be one of the most disgraceful Statements ever heard on ...
Lord Bach | 680 c606 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Viscount for his kind remarks; I very much appreciate them. I accept the...
Lord Bach | 680 c607 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we too were surprised and shaken to hear for the first time on Tuesday 14 March the news t...
Lord Neill of Bladen | 680 c607 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as one of many thousands of farmers who remain unpaid. For me, the t...
Lord Bach | 680 c606-7 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for the clarification, my Lords. However, I have to say that I find it hard to be...
Lord Monro of Langholm | 680 c606 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is the most disgraceful Statement.
Lord Carter | 680 c608 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend agree that part of the problem is the complexity of the system adopte...
Lord Cavendish of Furness | 680 c607 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also declare an interest as a hopeful farmer. The Minister spoke of farmers with cash-fl...
Lord Bach | 680 c607-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I am not overly sensitive. Of course I shall look at the Statement again, but ...
Lord Bach | 680 c599-600 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer give...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 680 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when this subject was debated in a Starred Question on, I think, 24 January, it was believ...
Baroness Byford | 680 c600-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating in the form of a Statement the Answer to the u...
Lord Neill of Bladen | 680 c604 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister give way?
Lord Bach | 680 c603-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank both noble Baronesses for their comments and questions. The noble Baroness, Lady B...
Lord Bach | 680 c604-5 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, I think I am obliged first to answer questions from the Front Benches. I will of cours...
Baroness Shephard of Northwold | 680 c605 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister said that he became aware on 14 March this year that payments could not be ma...
Lord Bach | 680 c605 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it was the noble Baroness’s government who set up the introduction of arm’s-length deliver...
Viscount Bledisloe | 680 c605-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a farmer who is awaiting this money with ever-increasing impatien...
Lord Bach | 680 c609 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall respond to the noble Countess in a moment. Earlier I referred to Friday 21 March, ...
Subjects
Agriculture Administrative delays Payments Standards Subsidies Rural Payments Agency Common agricultural policy
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