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Agricultural Policy

No. The code of practice is already in place, as the hon. Member for Ogmore said, and it is statutory. The purpose of the ombudsman—or adjudicator, as we will call him—is to enforce that code of practice, to receive and monitor complaints, which can be anonymous and from third parties, and to adjudicate on those complaints. He or she will then have the principal power of naming and shaming, but the Secretary of State will retain the option to introduce the power to issue fines, if it proves necessary.