I endorse what my hon. Friend is saying. I, too, was a farmer in the 1990s, and know that farmers can easily negotiate. It is also important to recognise that agriculture today is a modern industry that is moving forward, with added value products, retail sectors and so on. All of that is happening to farms, so we cannot anchor them down to something as archaic as the AWB. It is not just a floor, but potentially a ceiling—something to which my hon. Friend has referred.
Agricultural Wages Board
Proceeding contribution from
Neil Carmichael
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 April 2013.
It occurred during Opposition day on Agricultural Wages Board.
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