Memorandum submitted by Jonathan &
Anne Wright (RAS 14)
1. Abolition of subsidies only if all other
nations agree to theirs being abolished—not unilateral.
There would have to be significant rises in farm gate prices to
make farming sustainable without subsidies.
2. Timber prices in UK also fell by a considerate
amount after Baltic and Eastern European forests were opened up
in the last few years—this has also been very bad for UK
timber growing.
3. Environmental schemes and payments are
a wonderful project, but at the end of the day farming and forestry
need sustainable producer prices to flourish and maintain the
countryside and provide good incomes for producers to live on
and re-invest in their businesses. Do any of you care if all medium
sized farmers go out of business? It seems all you are interested
in is keeping on good terms with Europe at the expense of your
own people. British farmers are the best in the world and this
should be acknowledged with gratitude.
June 2006
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