Agriculture: Subsidies

(asked on 27th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on replacing the funding it currently receives from the EU for farm payments if the UK leaves the EU.


Answered by
Elizabeth Truss Portrait
Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 5th July 2019

HM Treasury ministers and officials have regular discussions with counterparts in the Welsh Government on matters relating to EU Exit, including funding. On agriculture funding, the Government has committed to provide the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the Parliament. Under this commitment, the average annual cash total for farm support under the existing 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, and the average annual Exchequer funding provided for farm support under Pillar 2, will be rolled forward year by year until the end of this parliament. An independent advisory panel, led by Lord Bew of Donegore, is considering what factors should determine the distribution of convergence funding across the UK during this period. We expect the review to report over the summer in advance of decisions at the Spending Review.

Reticulating Splines