Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill Debate
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Karen Bradley
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Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill
Karen Bradley ExcerptsTuesday 21st January 2020
(4 years, 3 months ago)
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Dr Johnson
I could not agree more with my hon. Friend; he is absolutely right. I have a new map for my office wall that shows the constituencies by colour, as per the recent election result. It is noticeable that rural Britain is overwhelmingly blue in representation, because we are the party of the farmers. I am sure we will continue to make the arguments positively and that Ministers will continue to do the same.
Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands) (Con)
I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. I would like to build on the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) in his recent intervention. My farmers in Staffordshire Moorlands contribute so much to the local economy. They often say that what they really want is a fair price for what they produce, but they need support to be able to achieve that. Does she agree that the challenges that the farmers in Staffordshire Moorlands face are different from those of the farmers in her constituency and that therefore we need a scheme for rural payments that recognises the differences across the country?