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John Pugh Excerpts
Thursday 5th November 2015

(8 years, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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It sounds to me like my hon. Friend’s constituency is a food powerhouse and I congratulate him on the success of the Radnor Hills water company. We are the No. 1 exporter of lamb in the world and Welsh lamb is an important part of that success. I will be in China next week, trying to open that market for lamb, and I will continue to push the case here in Britain.

John Pugh Portrait John Pugh (Southport) (LD)
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Lamb aside, and without being too specific, is there not a possible policy conflict between promoting some regional foods and the Government’s anti-obesity strategy?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I believe in everything in moderation.