EU plans for "green" farm-subsidy rules will reduce European food production and are likely to harm the environment, a Commons committee has warned.
Environment, food and rural affairs committee chair Anne McIntosh said the plans would "hurt UK farmers, consumers and our countryside".
The forthcoming changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must be more flexible, the Conservative MP argued.
See full Article.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
MPs criticise 'green' EU farm-subsidy conditions
EU plans for "green" farm-subsidy rules will reduce European food production and are likely to harm the environment, a Commons committee has warned.
Environment, food and rural affairs committee chair Anne McIntosh said the plans would "hurt UK farmers, consumers and our countryside".
The forthcoming changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must be more flexible, the Conservative MP argued.
See full Article.
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