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| No-deal Brexit would cause turbulence for farmers, says Gove | No-deal Brexit would cause turbulence for farmers, says Gove |
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| The environment secretary, Michael Gove, has said there will be considerable turbulence in sectors such as agriculture if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. | |
| He said the UK could flourish over time even without a deal, but “the turbulence which will be generated by our departure without a deal would be considerable. It would hit worst those who are our smaller farmers and farm businesses.” | He said the UK could flourish over time even without a deal, but “the turbulence which will be generated by our departure without a deal would be considerable. It would hit worst those who are our smaller farmers and farm businesses.” |
| He said tariffs, border checks, potential delays for recognition of organic products and labour pressures would all add to costs for food producers. | He said tariffs, border checks, potential delays for recognition of organic products and labour pressures would all add to costs for food producers. |
| “Nobody can be blithe or blase about the real impacts on food producers in this country of leaving without the deal,” he told the Oxford Farming Conference. | “Nobody can be blithe or blase about the real impacts on food producers in this country of leaving without the deal,” he told the Oxford Farming Conference. |
| Gove said leaving the EU would rejuvenate the UK’s democracy and free the country from the “bureaucratic straightjacket” of Europe’s common agricultural policy. The UK would also “develop a more vibrant farming sector with access to technologies on which the EU is turning its back”, he said. | Gove said leaving the EU would rejuvenate the UK’s democracy and free the country from the “bureaucratic straightjacket” of Europe’s common agricultural policy. The UK would also “develop a more vibrant farming sector with access to technologies on which the EU is turning its back”, he said. |
| No-deal Brexit will raise food prices, says Michael Gove | No-deal Brexit will raise food prices, says Michael Gove |
| “Leaving the EU will end support for inefficient area-based payments, which reward the wealthy and hold back innovation, and we can move to support genuine productivity enhancement and public goods like clean air, climate change mitigation or the improvement of soil, or water quality or improvements to pollinator habitats,” he said. | “Leaving the EU will end support for inefficient area-based payments, which reward the wealthy and hold back innovation, and we can move to support genuine productivity enhancement and public goods like clean air, climate change mitigation or the improvement of soil, or water quality or improvements to pollinator habitats,” he said. |
| Brexit also offered an opportunity to support organic farming, landscape restoration and improving public access, Gove said. “All of these are real gains that our departure from the EU can bring, but these real gains risk being undermined if we leave the EU without a deal.” | Brexit also offered an opportunity to support organic farming, landscape restoration and improving public access, Gove said. “All of these are real gains that our departure from the EU can bring, but these real gains risk being undermined if we leave the EU without a deal.” |
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