I am sure that you will be delighted, Mr Speaker, that Wimbledon is now under way. Of course, that means that tonnes of British strawberries will be consumed. I very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s recent comments about encouraging more British workers to pick that fruit. Will she update the House on her plans in this area?

I am sure that you will be delighted, Mr Speaker, that Wimbledon is now under way. Of course, that means that tonnes of British strawberries will be consumed. I very much welcome my right hon. Friend’s recent comments about encouraging more British workers to pick that fruit. Will she update the House on her plans in this area?

Then everyone is a winner today in this Chamber.

My hon. Friend is right. I have met representatives of the agricultural industry. What was key was people understanding what opportunities are out there, what the work entails and the wage that it pays, and the fact that universal credit supports people in and out of work, which means that they can take up these job opportunities.

Then everyone is a winner today in this Chamber.

My hon. Friend is right. I have met representatives of the agricultural industry. What was key was people understanding what opportunities are out there, what the work entails and the wage that it pays, and the fact that universal credit supports people in and out of work, which means that they can take up these job opportunities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the use of methyl bromide in the strawberry growing sector, with particular reference to its ozone-depleting properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the use of methyl bromide in the strawberry growing sector, with particular reference to its ozone-depleting properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of (a) apples, (b) pears, (c) strawberries and (d) raspberries grown in the UK was for the UK market in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of (a) apples, (b) pears, (c) strawberries and (d) raspberries grown in the UK was for the UK market in the last year for which figures are available. - Inc table.

If he will raise with his French counterpart the question of compensation for Mr Russell Temple for the destruction of a quantity of Spanish strawberries near Bordeaux while en route to England.

If he will raise with his French counterpart the question of compensation for Mr Russell Temple for the destruction of a quantity of Spanish strawberries near Bordeaux while en route to England.

If MAFF carries out tests on strawberries & vegetables imported from Holland to establish if they have been irradiated

If MAFF carries out tests on strawberries & vegetables imported from Holland to establish if they have been irradiated

What steps are being taken to prevent spread of colletotrichum & Acutatum commonly known as black spot in strawberry plants in UK & what discussions have been held with European colleagues to prevent further importation of the disease from mainland of Europe. (Failed OPQ).

What steps are being taken to prevent spread of colletotrichum & Acutatum commonly known as black spot in strawberry plants in UK & what discussions have been held with European colleagues to prevent further importation of the disease from mainland of Europe. (Failed OPQ).