Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Oct 2016
South-west Agriculture and Fishing
"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann) on securing this debate. Like him, I see Brexit as a great bonus for farming and fishing in the south-west. It is a win-win—but so it should be, because we have significant investment in agriculture and fishing in …..."Anne Marie Morris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Oct 2016
South-west Agriculture and Fishing
"I totally agree. There is a huge appetite to buy local; it is just that people do not know how to do that. Those of us who live in rural communities are privileged in a way, because we have all sorts of farm shops and we all know about them, …..."Anne Marie Morris - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 21st March 2016
Asked by:
Anne Marie Morris (Conservative - Newton Abbot)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Department has paid in fines to the EU since 2010.
Answered by George Eustice
As from financial year 2010/11 Defra has accrued £336m for disallowance following the conclusion of EU audits, broken down by financial year as shown in the table below. This relates to a number of different Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Schemes over a number of historical scheme years as disallowance is paid in arrears. These are the only fines that have been imposed on Defra by the EU since 2010.
Disallowance (*) £m |
10/11 | 11/12 | 12/13 | 13/14 | 14/15 |
181 | 42 | 2 | 30 | 81 |
(*) Reflects the sums the European Commission have ruled cannot be reimbursed (i.e. the amounts they have “disallowed”).
Written Question
Monday 21st March 2016
Asked by:
Anne Marie Morris (Conservative - Newton Abbot)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has paid in fines to the EU as a result of the Common Agricultural Policy since 2010.
Answered by George Eustice
As from financial year 2010/11 Defra has accrued £336m for disallowance following the conclusion of EU audits, broken down by financial year as shown in the table below. This relates to a number of different Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Schemes over a number of historical scheme years as disallowance is paid in arrears. These are the only fines that have been imposed on Defra by the EU since 2010.
Disallowance (*) £m |
10/11 | 11/12 | 12/13 | 13/14 | 14/15 |
181 | 42 | 2 | 30 | 81 |
(*) Reflects the sums the European Commission have ruled cannot be reimbursed (i.e. the amounts they have “disallowed”).
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Nov 2014
Winter Flooding (Preparation)
"I am very interested in what my hon. Friend has to say, and he is absolutely right to raise the issues that arise in villages. Does he agree that this is one of the challenges? The Environment Agency does a good job with the major schemes, and that is reasonably …..."Anne Marie Morris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Weather Events (South West England)
"I congratulate the right hon. Member for Exeter (Mr Bradshaw) on an extremely valuable introduction and on getting this debate on the table. Clearly, for all of us in the south-west, the impact of the storm in the weeks from 3 February onwards was more than significant. Certainly in Dawlish …..."Anne Marie Morris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Weather Events (South West England)
"My hon. Friend makes absolutely the right point. It is clear to me from the conversations I have had with Network Rail that we will be open for business for Easter. It has been a challenging time, but from everything I have seen—I see the concrete lorries filling that wonderful …..."Anne Marie Morris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Weather Events (South West England)
"First, I do not think there is any question in anybody’s mind that any additional railway line or loop would be instead of the existing line—it must always be as well as the existing line, not least because any new building of railway will take a significant length of time, …..."Anne Marie Morris - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Weather Events (South West England)
"I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s support. As for the hon. Lady’s comments about squeezing other budgets, I would request, as I am sure she would, that additional money is found elsewhere in the Government’s coffers. They have some big issues to deal with, and I am afraid …..."Anne Marie Morris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jan 2014
Flooding
"Prevention is undoubtedly better than cure, and I wonder whether the Secretary of State agrees that, in addition to wonderful flood prevention schemes, education is critical. In my constituency, one of the fatalities involved a misguided rescue attempt. Does my right hon. Friend also agree that we should ensure that …..."Anne Marie Morris - View Speech
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