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Debate between Caroline Spelman and Dan Poulter
Thursday 17th March 2011
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(13 years, 6 months ago)
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Mrs Spelman
It is not a question of frustrating the will of the other place. There has been a change of Government, and the two parties that together form the Government have Members of Parliament who mostly have rural constituencies. It is thus easier for us to champion rural causes, as in our uplands policy review. The hon. Lady’s Government had 13 years in which to do something about the uplands, but it has taken a change of Government to achieve that.
Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) (Con)
2. What recent representations she has received on the profitability of the pig farming sector.