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Agricultural Policy

It would not surprise me at all. We have the support of the rural community in wanting to retain the Agricultural Wages Board. When the Government set up consultations on whether bodies should be kept, they do so not just for fun; there is a motive: to try to get rid of them. It is absolutely iniquitous that they are considering going down this road; that, in common with their general attitude of having a free-for-all on deregulation, will leave farm workers in a desperate situation.