My Lords, I was ready to give an impassioned speech to try to persuade the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, that he was wrong, but I think we have heard enough really good arguments from all sides of the House, so I will not delay the House by doing so. I will simply use the opportunity to thank the National Farmers’ Union, the Food and Drink Federation and the Federation of Small Businesses for their robust position on this, in saying that we should oppose these amendments.
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL] Report
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Knight of Weymouth
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 16 July 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL] Report.
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