Dairy Industry

On international competition, I have never argued that supermarket executives are products of the loins of the devil; indeed, does my hon. Friend agree that their behaviour is entirely rational? Swallowing up their competition and squeezing their suppliers is something that they rationally do, but the question is whether they acceptably use or unacceptably abuse their power. By abusing their power, they are creating a dysfunctional market that is incapable of competing internationally, which is where the UK dairy industry should be competing. We need to get our market right first to give us the strength then to compete internationally. That is what we are trying to achieve.