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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Rooker.


Rural Payments Agency

Lords statement on the Rural Payments Agency.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
686 c678-89 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Rooker | 686 c682-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall do my best in the time available to answer as many of the questions that have been...
Baroness Byford | 686 c679-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made in another place. We are grateful to...
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Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 686 c681-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement and for allowing us sight of it beforehan...
Lord Rooker | 686 c678-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with permission I shall repeat a Statement made in the other place by the Secretary of Sta...
Lord Rooker | 686 c689 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, I do not accept that. We are sticking to that payment for good administrative reasons ...
Lord Monson | 686 c689 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I press the Minister again on de minimis interest payments? I agree with him totally t...
Lord Rooker | 686 c688-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not in a position to answer the noble Earl on his last couple of questions, but I wil...
Earl of Erroll | 686 c687-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare a serious interest in that I am married to a farmer. However, I have talked to m...
Lord Hylton | 686 c687 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my continuing interest in this matter. The Minister went a little further than t...
Lord Rooker | 686 c687 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord is absolutely right. I refer him back to the exact sentence in the Statemen...
Lord Rooker | 686 c685 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the last one, no. No cuts have been made in the State Veterinary Service. The other mor...
Lord King of Bridgwater | 686 c685 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has made a brave defence of the present position, but would it be right to in...
Lord Rooker | 686 c686 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the actual payment of interest, the Statement made in the summer pointed out that it wo...
Lord Monson | 686 c686 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, can the Minister tell us why, according to a letter in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph,...
Lord Rooker | 686 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am in no position to answer the noble Countess. I have been at Defra since May and I hav...
Countess of Mar | 686 c686 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in response to the noble Lord, Lord Livsey, the Minister mentioned all the hard work that ...
Lord Jopling | 686 c687 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House will recall my interest as a recipient under the scheme. Perhaps I may ask the M...
Lord Rooker | 686 c687 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not going down that road. The status and situation of the chief executive officer is ...
Subjects
Agriculture Farmers Payments Subsidies Rural Payments Agency Common agricultural policy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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