I would not want, in any way, to suggest that I do not accept the Secretary of State's sincerity on British agriculture. However, does he think that it is helped by the fact that his own Department's website still publishes the 2005 document on its vision for agriculture? It clearly states that domestic food production is not necessary, as he well knows, because I have chided him on it before, and, in a number of places, the document says that that is the Government's policy. It does not go along with what he is telling the House.
Food, Farming and the Environment
Proceeding contribution from
James Paice
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 18 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on Food, Farming and the Environment.
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