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Common Agricultural PolicyWe are at the heart of the debate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, making the case for maintaining the current budget to meet the twin challenges of food and environmental security. The CLA also aims to improve the working of the Single Payment Scheme Government by lobbying Government and working on Rural Payments Agency stakeholder committees. Other CLA Common Agricultural Policy articlesThe CLA believes that:
The more sustainable, environmentally friendly agriculture that the Government describes in its paper, Food 2030, cannot become a reality without an appropriate CAP budget. Eliminating EU agricultural subsidies and border protection would destroy thousands of farm businesses, stimulating widespread abandonment of livestock grazing. This would lead to the scrubbing over and closing in of the open landscape. The policy would also increase imports, some of them of doubtful environmental quality. Useful LinksCommon Agricultural Policy - Latest news releases
‘Mixed results’ as MEPs vote on CAP reform, says CLA Industry coalition calls for fair deal on CAP More common agricultural policy news releases Common Agricultural Policy - Consultation responses
Implementation of the CAP Health Check Reforms relating to the Single Payment Scheme and other direct payments CLA Response to the Government’s "Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy" More common agricultural policy consultation responses Common Agricultural Policy - Policy reportsProposals for the future CAP Common Agricultural Policy - Guidance notes
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Christopher Price is the Director Policy and Advice at the CLA. He has overall responsibility for managing all the CLA's national policy and advisory work. He makes sure that the organisation's policy work is focused on what matters most, and that members' queries are dealt with accurately and efficiently. A planning and environmental lawyer by background, he joined the CLA as public law adviser in 2002. He became Chief Legal Advisor in 2007 and took up his current post a year later. Before coming to the CLA Christopher worked in local government for a number of different authorities.
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