Brexit: Farming Tariffs - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:00 pm on 19 March 2019.

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Photo of Lord Carrington Lord Carrington Crossbench 3:00, 19 March 2019

My Lords, I confirm my interests as a farmer. I am worried about what has been said in terms of certainties and uncertainties. There should be one certainty for farmers—that the subsidies they have been promised on schemes they have entered into are paid on time. This is not the case and I would like to know why. In particular, under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme, payments of 75% were due in January and 25% are due in June. The subsidies for January have not been paid. I would be interested to hear how these things are dealt with. The farmers have made their commitments and paid the money necessary to claim under these schemes.