Agriculture Bill (Sixth sitting)

Debate between Thangam Debbonaire and Simon Hoare

Tuesday 30th October 2018 Public Bill Committees

[Simon Hoare]

Of course; one is always on the record. I then spoiled my lunch by having some blackcurrant and English apple cake. The point I make, by sharing my lunch menu with the Committee and, as the hon. Lady reminds me, the whole world, as people tune in agog from every time zone to watch the Committee— [Interruption.]

[Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West) (Lab)]

Gripped!

[Simon Hoare]

“Gripped”, says the hon. Lady. The point I make is serious: we cannot put an onus on our food producers for what consumers choose to consume or what the processors decide to process.