Farming Road Map and Profitability Review Debate
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Dave Robertson
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Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
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Dave Robertson (Lichfield) (Lab)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a long name; there are lots of letters in the second bit.
The farming road map that we have seen today sets out a long-term plan for fertiliser. That will be really welcome for farmers across Lichfield, Burntwood and the villages because, due to actions way beyond this Government’s control in the strait of Hormuz, we are seeing real cost pressures. Can the Secretary of State give us an idea of when that long-term plan might be ready, and whether it will consider strategic reserves and diversifying the sources of fertiliser? Can she tell us what that will do to ensure that we have the fertiliser we need?
Emma Reynolds
I think my hon. Friend’s name is very striking, Madam Deputy Speaker.
We are consulting on longer-term plans to change fertiliser rules so that we can diversify the sorts of fertilisers that farmers can use. We are also looking to see how we can ensure that fertiliser markets function more fairly, in the way that I have suggested in previous answers.