May I invite the right hon. Gentleman, in response to the question that came from behind him, to assert that trade is a good thing—that if we do not buy New Zealand apples, they may not buy our whisky, for example—and that the environmental damage of a long sea voyage is almost certainly a great deal less than that of the final bit by lorry from the port to the processor to the supermarket? Trade has done a huge amount to advance the cause of civilisation, and I hope that none of the Front Benchers is going to suggest that we should do anything but seek to promote it.
Food Security
Proceeding contribution from
David Curry
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 30 June 2008.
It occurred during Opposition day on Food Security.
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