Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will discuss with the devolved legislatures how to ensure best practice is adopted in implementing single farm payments across the UK.

George Eustice

The Secretary of State negotiated successfully in the European Council of Agriculture Ministers to secure powers to implement CAP reform in the UK at a territorial level. The responsibility for delivery of direct payments under CAP reform therefore rests with each territorial administration. However, Defra Ministers regularly discuss the implementation of CAP reform with their devolved administration counterparts and officials from all four territorial administrations meet frequently to discuss implementation, share best practice and address UK-level and cross-border issues.