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Written Question
Food
Thursday 12th June 2014

Asked by: Jesse Norman (Conservative - Hereford and South Herefordshire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help rural food and drink producers.

Answered by George Eustice

Stimulating economic growth in rural areas is a key priority for Defra and I recognise the importance of the food and drink sector to the rural economy.

The Rural Development Programme is now and will continue to support food and drink producers in rural areas to deliver growth and create jobs.

In addition, we are helping local food businesses gain recognition for protected food names. Over 60 British foods are now recognised in this way, including Herefordshire Cider and Perry.

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Tuesday 13th May 2014

Asked by: Jesse Norman (Conservative - Hereford and South Herefordshire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total value is of Common Agricultural Policy payments to farms in Herefordshire in the last five years for which data are available.

Answered by George Eustice

Our records do not currently distinguish between farms and other claimants; the figure provided relates to all eligible claimants paid (including farms).

The total value of all Common Agricultural Policy claims paid by the Rural Payments Agency and the Forestry Commission to all claimants with a registered address in Herefordshire during the 5 years up to 15 October 2013 was €261,476,438.25.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2013
Badger Cull

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2013
Badger Cull

"The hon. Lady has skated over the reason why farmers, contrary to her assertion, are strongly in support of the policy: the number of reactors has increased by a factor of eight in 10 years. That is driving some farmers in my constituency close to suicide. Does she not understand …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2013
Badger Cull

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2013
Badger Cull

"On the issue of police security, will the hon. Lady unhesitatingly condemn any illegal harassment of farmers who take part in any cull?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 May 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"12. What steps his Department is taking to promote community orchards...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 May 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Herefordshire, the Bulmer Foundation does outstanding work in opening up community orchards for disadvantaged people of all backgrounds, and only last week Orchard Art was celebrated at a special service in Hereford cathedral. Does the Minister of State share my view that community orchards can have enormous social as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2013
Agricultural Wages Board

"I absolutely share my right hon. Friend’s confidence in the future of agriculture. As he will know, in Herefordshire we have a thriving agricultural sector, and it will be all the more enhanced by broadband. Does he share my surprise that despite its denunciation of the measure, the Labour party …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Oct 2012
Badger Cull

"My hon. Friend is right to stress the human effects of the difficulties in which farmers now find themselves. Robert Davies, a farmer in my constituency, is an owner-occupier who has a closed herd on one farm. Over the past few years it has been shut for months on the …..."
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