Debates between Daniel Zeichner and Nick Timothy during the 2024 Parliament

Budget: Implications for Farming Communities

Debate between Daniel Zeichner and Nick Timothy
Monday 4th November 2024

(2 weeks, 3 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Timothy Portrait Nick Timothy (West Suffolk) (Con)
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Farming families in West Suffolk feel deep anxiety, in common with those in other constituencies, as hon. Members from across the House have explained. When those families hear the Minister say that they do not understand the detail, or that they should listen to commentators who agree with the Minister but not them—commentators who probably have nothing to do with farming in the first place—they will be furious with him. Will the Minister apologise to those people? If it is not such a big deal, will he explain why more than 130,000 people have already signed the NFU petition telling him to change the policy?

Daniel Zeichner Portrait Daniel Zeichner
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At no point did I say that farming families did not understand the detail. What I asked was for Members on the Conservative Benches to look at the detail, because when they look at the detail, they will find the truth.