Windfall tax on Dukes' Farm income should be considered - Huhne

Commenting on statistics released today revealing the beneficiaries of millions of pounds from the Common Agricultural Policy, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said:

"These figures show that the reforms of the Common Agricultural policy have not gone far enough.

"The Government should consider a windfall tax on big farm subsidies that would claw some of this largesse back for the taxpayer.

"Subsidies designed to maintain the countryside are one thing, but subsidies to maintain the Dukes of Marlborough, Richmond and Westminster are quite another. These Dukes are quite big enough to fend for themselves now."