Dairy Industry
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It will not have escaped your notice that quite a lot of peop...
I am grateful for the opportunity to lead this debate on the dairy industry under your chairmansh...
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I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. It is a pleasure to serve under ...
Yes. It will not have gone unnoticed by my hon. Friend and others that Sainsbury’s took out a lar...
Non-payment caused a huge crisis. Will my hon. Friend give some thought to the idea that the Gove...
That is an excellent idea, and I hope that the Minister will be able to respond to it, given the ...
My hon. Friend talks about all the activity taking place in this Parliament, but we also had many...
I do agree that the time for action is now. If we do not act now, it will be too late. The number...
I congratulate my hon. Friend on his fantastic speech, which is very timely. May I add my concern...
That has certainly been heralded in a number of agricultural publications. Ireland, France, Germa...
At Prime Minister’s questions the other day, did the Prime Minister not say in answer to a questi...
I will finish now to give lots of other Members an opportunity to contribute. However, we will al...
Order. Sixteen Members now wish to participate in the debate. Members can do the maths: speeches ...
It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I thank the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans) fo...
Does my hon. Friend agree that the fact that many supermarkets in Northern Ireland and across the...
That is clearly an issue, and the Groceries Code Adjudicator needs to address it.
Northern ...
I apologise, Sir Roger, for arriving a minute or two late at the debate, and I am grateful to be ...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...
I join other hon. Members in commending my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans) fo...
I congratulate the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans) on securing the debate and I commend ...
Will the hon. Lady give way?
I will not allow an intervention. I apologise. The Government’s failure to empower the adjudicato...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans) on securing such a timely d...
It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, and a genuine pleasure to fol...
Before I call Mr Ollerenshaw, to whom I will give the four minutes, because he has had no warning...
It is great to serve under your chairmanship again, Sir Roger—I accept your strictures and will t...
Members now have two and a half minutes, without hesitation or deviation. I call Sarah Newton.
I will try my best, Sir Roger.
Tamara Hooper is a constituent of mine who farms some land t...
During the previous Parliament, in 2006, I set up the all-party group for dairy farmers. In Shrop...
We have the minutes of the meeting. Mr Miliband said that both those issues were completely unrea...
The issue that we are discussing is a major one for Britain, but it is particularly acute for Nor...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans) on initiating this importan...
Well done to my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans). My constituency has a large ...
As a word of early warning, Mr Farron is next. Mr Williams, you rose earlier and, because Sir Wil...
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans). Dairy farming is integra...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans) on securing this excellent ...
I apologise to the House for arriving late. Other duties held me back. I am impressed with the un...
This is an important and interesting debate. The dairy farming industry is integral to Staffordsh...
This has already been an excellent debate. I thank the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans), ...
indicated dissent.
I sat on the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee, so I can tell the hon. Gentleman that the...
I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans) on securing this...
Will the Minister give way?
I cannot give way, as I want to cover as many points as possible. I agree with the point made abo...
I thank all Members for their forbearance this morning. It has been difficult, but the House has ...