Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 18 June 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

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RED MEAT MARKETING GROUPS AND CO-OPERATIVES

That this House supports co-operatives and marketing groups representing livestock producers; deplores moves that undermine them by abattoirs and large meat processors which would result in the marginalisation of traditional farming families, leaving them without adequate representation in the market; and is concerned by moves to impose direct payments to farmers, fundamentally changing the basis of the supply chain in favour of abattoirs and meat processors, potentially rendering smaller family farms financially unviable, thus having a devastating impact on the whole farming community and rural infrastructure.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

220 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Elfyn Llwyd

Kelvin Hopkins

James Gray

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Agriculture Food

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk