Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Rob Butler Excerpts
Wednesday 15th July 2020

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. Can I just say to the Prime Minister that we are going to work through the Chair? The audience is not that way, it is this way.

Rob Butler Portrait Rob Butler (Aylesbury) (Con)
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My constituency is home to many farms producing excellent British food. Can my right hon. Friend confirm that the new trade deals our Government are working on will safeguard our high food standards and provide fantastic new opportunities to the hardworking farmers in my part of Buckinghamshire?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes, I can indeed give my hon. Friend that assurance. We will not only protect high food standards in this country and safeguard animal welfare, but open up new opportunities for farmers in Buckinghamshire and across the UK.