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"Mr President, in Scotland some 85% of farmland is currently designated as LFA, so it was with some trepidation that we awaited the outcome of the first new mapping exercise using the new biophysical criteria. Under the original map, there were significant areas of Scotland that would have dropped out under the new designation, but thankfully that has been rectified – to a certain degree – by the Commission’s inclusion of excess soil moisture, i.e. the amount of rainfall that actually falls on land, being included. That has helped to iron out some of the anomalies revealed in the original mapping exercise in Scotland, although there are still some serious problems with regard to the amount of good land that has been brought in, especially on the east coast of Scotland, and I think that most independent analysts would recognise that this was not genuinely less-favoured or disadvantaged.
At least in the United Kingdom we have had a clear idea of how the new criteria impact on UK farmers and on Scottish farmers, as the maps showing the changes have been published by both the UK and Scottish Governments on a regular basis and consulted upon. However, in many other countries – as other Members have said – they are keeping the impact of these changes a secret and are refusing to give the Commission permission to release the information to the European Parliament. How can we decide whether the new LFA criteria set out in the CAP reform are appropriate and meet the criticisms of the EU Court of Auditors, when key information such as this is being deliberately withheld from Members of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development?
I would say to the Council here today that this is a matter of principle, and – as co-legislators – Parliament must have the same access to the same information as both the Commission and the Council. The countries concerned must come clean and reveal this information to us as soon as possible if the legislation is to make any progress through this Parliament.
I would ask colleagues to support this call for all information relating to CAP reform to be shared with Parliament on an equal basis with the Commission and the Council."@en1
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