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Although I am sure that that will be welcomed, I have asked my officials to work with SLAB in the new year to review the overall level of fees that are payable to solicitors in civil legal aid cases, given that the new system was introduced in 2003.
The minister made it clear in broad terms that he would not wish the losers under the previous scheme to be excluded from the new scheme, although I accept that the new scheme is for slightly different purposes.There are 3,793 losers from the ABIS scheme and many of the purposes of the new scheme are the same as those of the previous scheme—notably restructuring and diversification into areas such as tourism.
It is no longer a case of jobs at all costs; it is about finding new ways of creating rural jobs. What new ways of creating rural jobs would you approve of and promote?
Are we agreed that the power should be subject to the affirmative procedure?Members indicated agreement. New section 72B(5) amends section 84 of the 2003 act.
My question on the letter relates to the first paragraph of the section that is headed, "Information on payments of agricultural subsidies", in which the minister says:"I announced last January that we would be releasing subsidy information on the new Single Farm Payment and the new Rural Development Regulation schem...