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Tim Farron Excerpts
Thursday 27th March 2014

(10 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Eustice Portrait George Eustice
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I meet Ministers from the devolved Assembly regularly. Most recently, I met last Monday the Scottish Minister responsible for farming and fisheries. We did not discuss this particular issue, but when the final report is published we will discuss its findings. We have had some discussions about the interim findings, and further discussions are taking place at official level.

Tim Farron Portrait Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
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Does my hon. Friend recognise the potential threat to our domestic food supply presented by changes to the common agricultural policy, particularly with regard to food produced in the uplands? If so, what plans do he and our Government have to protect, or ensure that there is a decent successor to, the upland entry level scheme?