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Joint Statement by CLA, NFU and TFA on Single Payment Scheme The CLA, NFU and TFA have issued the following joint statement:
Against a background of hardship caused by the summer floods and animal disease outbreaks, David Fursdon, President of the CLA, Peter Kendall, President of the NFU, and Reg Hayden, Chairman of the TFA met Jeff Rooker today (Wednesday 17 October) to repeat strongly their request for an 80% part payment of the Single Farm Payment in December. They were extremely disappointed to hear that there were no plans to do this. Jeff Rooker re-iterated that the Rural Payment Agency's target was to make full payments and to have completed 75% of the total by the end of March. He said he could not and would not go further than to say that more farmers would be paid more money, earlier, than in 2007. CLA president, David Fursdon said: "While we recognize that the RPA and Defra have made some progress, our members will be hugely frustrated to learn that payments to all farmers cannot be made earlier given the enormous cash flow problems that many sectors are now facing." |
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