Single Farm Payments

EDM number 13 in 2007-08, proposed by James Paice on 06/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture, Farmers and Incomes and poverty.

That this House notes the financial hardship English farmers have suffered as a result of the Government's incompetent handling of the single payment scheme; believes that English farmers have been treated in a deplorable manner; regrets that errors and procedural mistakes in administering the single payment scheme could end up costing the taxpayer £348 million; and calls on the Government to give all English farmers at least 80 per cent. of their due payment by 25th December, helping them to have the financial certainty they need to continue producing the best food in the world.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.