UK Dairy Sector

I completely concur with the hon. Lady, who has experience of the farming industry both in Englan...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I give way to a neighbour of Wales.

One thing that the hon. Gentleman has not mentioned is the fact that this debate is almost as rep...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. I refer him and the Minister to the report by the Environment, F...

I commend the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. I must register a slight interest, as my hu...

The hon. Lady is quite right, and she represents a rural area, as I do. For people who do not liv...

rose—

I know that the hon. Gentleman has done a lot of work on this issue, so I give way to him.

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate and on making a powerful argu...

Again, I completely concur with that comment. I think the hon. Gentleman secured a debate on the ...

rose—

I give way to my neighbour from Carmarthen East and Dinefwr.

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, for securing this debate and for the passiona...

I totally concur with that. I think there is an emerging consensus. It took some time to give the...

I say to right hon. and hon. Members that we have 10 people seeking to contribute, so I am placin...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak early in this debate. To some extent, I had been hopin...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams) on securing this incredibly important...

Perhaps a leaf might be taken out of the Northern Irish book, because I believe that the dairy co...

I thank the hon. Lady for making that helpful point. She is on the same page as me in terms of re...

Hear, hear!

Shame! Shame!

Perhaps it would help if I moved on.

We must look at solutions. The Government must seek to...

Order. The hon. Lady should draw her remarks to a close.

Like the all-party group on dairy, I believe that dairy should be put back on the daily menu. Tha...

I must correct the hon. Member for South Down (Ms Ritchie): the best dairy products are from Shro...

I represent an area that has had a cull, and the data I have seen are certainly encouraging. Neve...

I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention.

I want the Minister to rem...

Unless they got a higher lamp post.

They would need an extra-high lamp post. There has been fury and blood on the carpet at the meeti...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ryan. I also want to thank the hon. Member ...

It is a great pleasure to speak in this debate, Ms Ryan. I thank the hon. Member for Ceredigion (...

To accommodate all those who wish to speak, I am now going to reduce the time limit to three minu...

Diolch yn fawr, Gadeirydd. I thank the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams) for securing this...

Big thanks are due to my near neighbour, the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams), for striki...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Ryan. I thank the hon. Member for Ceredi...

I thank the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams) for obtaining the debate.

I recently s...

With the co-operation of the Front Benchers, I have time for a couple more speakers. If everyone ...

The agri-food sector employs about 100,000 people across the whole of the industry, and the dairy...

I call Mel Stride—[Interruption.] Sorry, I call Simon Hoare.

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Thank you very much, Ms Ryan—I think. I want to make two brief points in the time available to me...

My constituency is predominantly rural. Dairy farming is at the heart of Ayrshire, so I am please...

Thank you for the chance to speak, albeit briefly, Ms Ryan. I am grateful to the hon. Member for ...

This has been an excellent debate, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams...

I thank the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams) for introducing the debate and the many coll...

As the hon. Gentleman is aware, in Wales many of the powers relating to Government intervention a...

That may be helpful and I certainly think it is worth looking at.

The problem of delayed pa...

The situation is worse than the hon. Gentleman seems to suggest. Right hon. colleagues on my side...

I need to move on to allow the Minister to come back on the problems and issues that colleagues a...

Unfortunately, I have been asked for answers to 31 separate requests—I have written them down—and...

I am grateful for the opportunity to thank all hon. Members, including those on the Front Benches...