Rumour

Rumours abound as to the outcome of the EU budget discussions. I’ve heard that all is lost, and that Pillar 2 funding has been successfully defended – they can’t both be true. We’ll see!

I attended the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee meeting hearing evidence on the Natural Environment White Paper yesterday. Sign up (it’s free) to the first issue of my monthly newsletter to hear more on this topic – next week.

And I had a quick listen to the Government Chief Scientist, Prof Sir John Beddington giving evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee yesterday too. A word of advice to Sir John, if you are going to say outspoken things about badgers in the corridor outside Committee Room 5, you’d be advised to keep your voice down. But I won’t land you in it.

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