Green Economic Recovery

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts

Monday 14th December 2020 Lords Chamber

[Lord Callanan (Con)]

I thank the noble Lord for trying to tempt me down the road of reforming the tax system, but I will happily leave that for the Chancellor to announce.

[Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)]

Will my noble friend join me in congratulating farmers on both responding to the Covid epidemic and delivering a green environmental economic recovery? What could be greener than buying locally produced meat, dairy products and cheese this Christmas? Will my noble friend join me in doing so?

[Lord Callanan (Con)]

I thank the noble Baroness for her question. She is quite right, of course: the farming community has had a very difficult year, as have many other industries. Where possible, we should all buy local freshly produced produce.