§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to use regional average payments to implement the Common Agricultural Policy reforms; and if she will make a statement. [134125]
§ Mr. BradshawThe deadline for responses to our consultation exercise on whether to adopt the regional average payment model of the Single Payment Scheme ended on 24 October 2003. Those responses will help inform our decisions on this matter, which we hope to announce within the next few months.