Future of the Rural Payments Agency examined
21 March 2017
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee questions Natural England and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) on their performance in making Countryside Stewardship scheme payments.
- Watch Parliament TV: Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Performance of the Rural Payments Agency
- Inquiry: Performance of the Rural Payments Agency
- Inquiry: Countryside Stewardship Scheme
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 21 March 2017, Room 15, Palace of Westminster
At 2.15 pm
- Guy Thompson, Chief Operating Officer, Natural England
- Jo Broomfield, Common Agriculture Programme (CAP) Delivery Programme Director, Rural Payments Agency
At 3.00 pm
- Paul Cauldwell, Interim Chief Executive, Rural Payments Agency
- Mark Ashenden, External Relations Letter, Rural Payments Agency
Purpose of the session
This session focuses on the performance of the RPA in processing basic payment scheme payments in winter 2016, and will also look at the long-term role and future of the RPA.
Further information
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