Dairy Industry

The hon. Gentleman is being extremely generous with his interventions. My discussions with representatives of Tesco have left me under the impression that it is very alive to the concerns of the dairy sector. The new contracts that it is trying to move towards represent a genuine attempt to get close to producers. There is a lot of cynicism among farmers about Tesco and the larger retailers, and we can understand where that is coming from, but Tesco’s initiative is a genuine attempt to move the debate forward, to get beyond the finger-pointing among retailers and processors of recent years, and to do something positive for the sector. However and as the hon. Gentleman said, we need to see the detail.