Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - Mar 13
Thursday, 14 March 2019 08:32
Extract from Lords consideration of the Organic Production
(Control of Imports) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 The
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) (Con):...On the
Agriculture Bill, rural growth, which includes the LEADER scheme,
is currently included in the rural development programme and will
continue under the government guarantee until the end of the
programme period. Beyond that, the...Request free trial
Extract from Lords
consideration of the Organic Production (Control of Imports)
(Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Gardiner
of Kimble) (Con):...On the Agriculture Bill, rural growth,
which includes the LEADER scheme, is currently included in the
rural development programme and will continue under the government
guarantee until the end of the programme period. Beyond that, the
expectation is that rural growth initiatives will be supported
through the UK’s shared
prosperity fund, which is intended to deliver for all
parts of the country. Wearing the rural-proofing element, which is
a strong one, I say that Defra is working with the Ministry of
Housing, Communities and Local Government to develop the ways in
which it will support the rural economy...
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Extract from Spring
Statement (Commons)
(Aberdeen North)
(SNP):...Scotland’s resource block grant for 2019-20 is
almost £2 billion lower in real terms than in 2010-11. That is a
direct consequence of the Chancellor’s continued obsession with
austerity. He has created the stronger towns fund, pumping money
into leave-voting areas as yet another bribe. How well did that
work this week? The Chancellor has not yet announced details of
the shared
prosperity fund. Especially important is whether it
will replace the £2.4 billion a year that communities across the UK
currently receive as a result of EU structural funds. Will he
provide us with full details now? Will he give a cast-iron
guarantee that the Scottish Government will be treated as equals
and will continue to distribute the funding in Scotland, as has
been the case under the EU programmes?
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