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UK Food Security

Proceeding contribution from Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 March 2024. It occurred during Backbench debate on UK Food Security.

I am sorry to interrupt and am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way in her excellent speech. Does she agree that one of the threats to the family farm is the fact that we have a range of new schemes being put out by the Government, many of which are commendable in themselves under the environmental land management schemes heading but which fail to protect tenant farmers? Baroness Rock’s review includes 70 excellent recommendations, including that of a tenant farmer commissioner, which should be put in place to protect tenant farmers before many of them are kicked off their land by landlords exploiting new schemes. Is that not just morally wrong but extremely stupid because it reduces our ability to feed ourselves as a country?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
747 c254WH 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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