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"Mr President, I will be no exception in congratulating our prolific and energetic-as-ever rapporteur, Luis, for a solid piece of work this evening. It is amazing that he has managed to find time to fit it in, with everything else he has been undertaking. This is a bit of solid work on the part of Parliament and the Commission in terms of giving some welcome clarity going forward for our farmers that rural development programmes and LFA direct payments will continue in the bridging period into the next CAP. There is not a great degree of controversy around the Chamber tonight.
You might wonder why we are devoting parliamentary time to this at all. However, let us not forget that this is controversial in certain circumstances and certain circles. There are Member States which want to cut direct payments to farmers. However, from a Scottish perspective, direct payments are of crucial support to farm incomes and we very much want to see them continue.
I am very pleased that the Scottish Government has been so constructive and so in the mainstream of European thinking. It is rather unfortunate that our present Member State has been rather less constructive in its negotiations, not least over the general nature of the budget. However, Commissioner, I can assure you that you do have some allies in the British Isles. I look forward to working with you for the betterment of Europe’s agriculture."@en1
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