Might not the National Farmers Union give a different answer if the Government were to address the question of how we can grow more food to feed our population? We have a huge trade deficit, and the answer must surely be to invest more. If we raise our investment in people, we will raise productivity. The push should be not to lower wages but to raise them and to raise productivity.
Public Bodies Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Field of Birkenhead
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 October 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Bodies Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2).
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