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Agriculture Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 15 September 2020. It occurred during Debate on bills on Agriculture Bill.

My Lords, I am in favour of both these amendments. I was just reflecting on a visit I made to a small town in south Shropshire called Clun, which was then home to what was said to be the food bank in the smallest community anywhere in the UK. I am glad that both noble Lords introducing these amendments have focused

not just on the individual situations, as pressing as they often are, but on the need for communities to be assured that money is coming in. On that basis, we want a Britain where there is no need for any food banks; we should not rest until the last food bank closes due to lack of demand. In the meantime, we have to find other ways to make sure that money is going into communities that sometimes are, and have for some time been, really struggling.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
805 c1261 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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