Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor William Cash (Conservative), on Monday, 12 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 39 members in total.

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NON-PAYMENT OF DAIRY FARMERS

That this House notes with grave concern that more than 1,000 British dairy farmers will not be paid for their milk from 12 January 2015 because of a financial crisis at the dairy co-operative First Milk; further notes that all farmers' payments will be delayed by a fortnight; further notes that NFU said in December that the number of dairy farmers had dipped below 10,000 for the first time, a 50 per cent fall since 2001; further notes that pint for pint, milk is now cheaper than mineral water in most supermarkets and that the recent milk price cuts, from most processors, have had a significant impact with some farmers now facing their lowest milk price since 2007, at around 11.4p per litre; further notes that farm costs remain about 36 per cent higher than they were eight years ago and the single largest cost component of a dairy farm, animal feed, is more than 50 per cent higher than 2007 levels; supports farmers in their attempts to work together to secure a better deal from large processors and retailers; calls on the Government to enable farmers to work collectively; urges First Milk to speak to its suppliers; and further urges Ministers to take action against processors and retailers who unfairly offer very low prices which severely disadvantage farmers.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

NON-PAYMENT OF DAIRY FARMERS (675A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Nigel Evans (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Thursday, 12 February 2015. It has been signed by 3 members in total.

at end add 'to use their influence and powers to promote public procurement of UK dairy products by the Government.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

675 

675A1 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Mike Hancock

Bob Russell

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Farmers

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk