I know that the hon. Lady will acknowledge that these are complicated issues. I want to turn her attention to the food industry. Under her Government, the amount of food that this country imported rose exponentially. The carbon footprint of importing food, for example beef from Brazil or asparagus from water-stressed Mexico, is enormous.
Environmental Protection and Green Growth
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Spencer
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 October 2011.
It occurred during Opposition day on Environmental Protection and Green Growth.
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