Food and Farming: Supply Issues

Lord Taylor of Holbeach Excerpts
Thursday 20th January 2022

(2 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Benyon Portrait Lord Benyon (Con)
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I will relay the suggestion to colleagues in the Government. The Healthy Start food vouchers scheme, which has been raised from £3.10 to £4.25, should be seen as part of a wider array of measures that we are providing to target families on lower incomes. The £500 million household support fund is another example, but the noble Baroness makes a very important point which I will relay.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach Portrait Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Con)
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My Lords, I refer to my horticultural interests. What success has the department had in negotiations with the Home Office on extending temporary worker schemes to non-edible horticultural products—for example, nursery trees, nursery products, flowers, and other such things?