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Supermarkets and Regional Farming

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

498 c687-94 

Session

2008-09

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c688 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. My hon. Friend is right. The aim must be sustainable farming and reducing fo...

David Crausby | 498 c688 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that local supermarkets would be best advised to sell local products, not ...

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David Drew | 498 c693-4 (Link to this contribution) By chance, I have a meeting with one of the BIS team tomorrow. Can I be assured that when I say to h...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 498 c694 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend tempts me to comment on a matter that is under collective Government discussion. I am...

Christopher Fraser | 498 c690 (Link to this contribution) On that point, the farm-gate price that Waitrose pays for milk is at least 2p to 3p more than that o...

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c690 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. That is what the issue is about: paying a farm-gate price to ensure that farmers exist i...

David Drew | 498 c690 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an excellent case. One of the interesting things is how split the supermark...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 498 c693 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a fair point. The hon. Member for South-West Norfolk (Christopher Fraser), who ...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 498 c692 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's kind invitation. I would be happy to take advantage of it if I ge...

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c692-3;498 c693 (Link to this contribution) The Minister says that this is about ensuring fair competition. I think that competition failed in r...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 498 c691;498 c691-2 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle), as well as his supporters on both ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c692 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend says that we have many good things in Lancashire, particularly Lancashire cheese. If ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c690-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. The issue is the fact that the main, big supermarkets have not...

David Leslie Taylor | 498 c688 (Link to this contribution) Can we not see a good example just 33 kilometres away south across la Manche? In France, the big sup...

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c688 (Link to this contribution) Of course. My hon. Friend is right. Although I would not stand up for the French farmers, they are t...

Jim Dobbin | 498 c688 (Link to this contribution) May I tell my hon. Friend about my local pig farmers, Brenda Mitchell and her husband John? They hav...

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c689 (Link to this contribution) The Member for Heywood and Middleton, my good friend, is absolutely spot on. The issue is about chal...

Christopher Fraser | 498 c689 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has a great passion for this subject. Does he agree that, if a local supermarket ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c689 (Link to this contribution) I could not disagree more. That is absolutely correct. If we are going to use—

Christopher Fraser | 498 c689 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree?

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. There are no two ways about it: the issue is about the w...

Lindsay Hoyle | 498 c687-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for allowing this debate to take place. It is an important debate; it is a d...

Subjects

Agriculture Farmers Prices Regulation Sustainable development Supermarkets

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