Urgent Question: Rural Payment Agency: Basic Payment Scheme

Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, responded on behalf of the Government.

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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into Common Agriculture Policy payments to farmers.

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About Urgent Questions

At times MPs may want to put an urgent question to a Minister. If a matter of public importance has arisen, which an MP believes requires an immediate answer from a government minister, they may apply to the Speaker to put forward such a question.
 
The relevant government department would be informed at once. If the Speaker agrees, the question will be asked after that day’s Question Time.
 
Once the MP has asked the main question, they are allowed to ask a supplementary question. Other MPs will then be called to ask further questions on the same subject.

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