UK Parliament / Open data

Dairy Industry

Proceeding contribution from George Eustice (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 5 November 2014. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Dairy Industry.

That was an issue about a year ago. We had discussions with the Department of Health, and the Government changed some of the approaches in the advertising to which the hon. Gentleman refers.

There is some good news, in that the average price for forage crops remains low, and the price of protein concentrates continues to fall. The UK farm gate milk price also remains a bit stronger than in some other European countries, notably Germany and Poland. Some of the Baltic states have been very exposed to the Russian ban. In Latvia, for instance, the average farm gate price is now less than 20p a litre. Nevertheless, the sharp fall in prices has had a big impact on farmers, and confidence is low. As I said, we seem to have gone full circle.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
587 c272WH 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Back to top