I am afraid that I disagree with the noble Lord about the unique nature of agriculture. It is right that we have agricultural colleges giving specific training, specifically feeding an industry with the skills that are needed. People need to have that training and understanding of the unique way of life, in terms of working very anti-social hours at times and having to be highly flexible in the way that they work. Some 30% of farm workers have a boss who is also their landlord. There are a number of unique things about agriculture—he disagrees and I respect his disagreement—that I do not know of in other sectors.
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Knight of Weymouth
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 16 January 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.
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