It calls for food production to remain at the core of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), recognises the need for continued support for primary producers and criticises the European Commission’s proposed reforms over fears that the current complex and bureaucratic system of direct payments could be replaced by one that may be even worse.
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Committee of MPs sets out key ideas for CAP reforms
The influential Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRAC), made up of Westminster MPs, has set out the key principles the UK Government and Defra (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) should adopt in its negotiations for reform of the CAP after 2013.
