Like farmers in Lancashire, many farmers in Scotland are involved in upland sheep farming, which I am sure all Members will acknowledge is often a very, very difficult business. Does he not think that, if we leave the European Union, there will be an opportunity for the Government to refocus support on those most marginal farms that he is talking about—specifically the uphill farms in Lancashire and Scotland? Farmers in Lancashire are hoping for more from Brexit, just as farmers in Scotland will be hoping for more from Scexit?
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy
Proceeding contribution from
Jake Berry
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 17 January 2017.
It occurred during Opposition day on Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy.
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