I must declare an interest as I have a tenant who is a direct supplier to a supermarket. The examples that the noble Lord, Lord Knight, gives us are all those of vested interests that would like to have better commercial arrangements. There is nothing whatever to stop any farmer saying to his supermarket, “I do not like your terms of trade and I will not supply you”.
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Howard of Rising
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 26 June 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL].
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