That is a very interesting point. Clearly, in a free society, we surely should be able to intervene to ensure fair prices for those people in the marketplace who are least powerful. That is crucial. I will come to food production and food security later, but if we are to ensure that security, we must have some means to guarantee it. The hon. Gentleman is essentially saying that we must accept the over-weaning power of certain sections of the food market and that we can concentrate—
British Agriculture and Food Labelling
Proceeding contribution from
Tim Farron
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 February 2009.
It occurred during Opposition day on British Agriculture and Food Labelling.
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