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James Gray Excerpts
Thursday 30th June 2011

(13 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Gray Portrait Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con)
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Pig production standards and animal welfare standards in general are far higher in Britain than they are throughout most of the rest of the world, yet the consumer in the British supermarket has no way of knowing whether they are buying British bacon or pork or whether it is from somewhere completely different. How far have the EU discussions on allowing country of origin labelling progressed? We want to see a Union Jack on British pigmeat, so that we can buy it in the supermarket.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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With reference to pricing, Minister.