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The UK Government has not given a clear reason as to why agriculture should be included in the new regime when it is so often carved out of standard subsidy control regimes. 37.
The priority for the Scottish and UK Governments in social security is to ensure that those who are being paid get paid, and that new clients who come forward will have their claims processed.
I assure them that we will deliver Anne’s law. We need to take time to get it correct. As I said in my letter to the committee, I will come back with a new timetable for the new year, so I do not think that they are going to be waiting terribly long.