My hon. Friend makes the point that we need to build more national food resilience. It is preposterous that in the 1980s we were producing 78% of what we consumed, but now the figure has fallen to 60%. The grant funding discussed earlier would help farmers, particularly in respect of automation, and allow them, once they have become more productive and efficient, to challenge the power of the supermarkets, which have distorted the food chain. Does my hon. Friend agree that we need to rebalance the food chain in favour of primary producers?
Support for British Farming
Proceeding contribution from
John Hayes
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 November 2022.
It occurred during Debate on Support for British Farming.
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