Professor Elliott says in his report that when the FSA had control of authenticity testing in 2007-08, under the previous Government, it took the decision, as an independent body, to cut spending on the testing programme. If the hon. Gentleman had been a Minister at the time and had received a submission recommending such a cut, would he have agreed with it or might he have questioned it?
Food Fraud
Proceeding contribution from
George Eustice
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 September 2014.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Food Fraud.
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