Claims about CAP payment changes ‘complete nonsense’, says minister / CAP cut call met with anger from Celtic nations

The Celtic nations in the United Kingdom have protested at the UK Government’s calls for 'a substantial cut' in the Common Agricultural Policy budget and a phasing out of the Single Farm Payment.

The protests from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland follow publication of the official UK response to the European Commission’s consultation on the shape of the post-2013 CAP.

United Kingdom: Defra: CAP reform: News, 28.1.11: UK response to the Commission communication and consultation http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/policy/capreform/documents/110128-uk-cap-response.pdf

Western Mail, 8.2.11: CAP cut call met with anger from Celtic nations http://www.walesonline.co.uk/countryside-farming-news/farming-news/2011/02/08/cap-cut-call-met-with-anger-from-celtic-nations-91466-28129367/

WAG: Press Release, 19.1.11: The devolved Administrations set out their joint position on future of CAP http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/environmentandcountryside/2011/110119devolved/;jsessionid=BY6tNRBpgRppdxnkDp8VssT4SMRKsJQKwjdbZn5l1tDCqkTFZMGt!-1726265782?lang=en&status=open

WAG: Topics » Environment and countryside » Farming and countryside » Farming and scheme information » Common Agriculture Policy http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/farmingandcountryside/farming/cap/?lang=en&status=open

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