British Tractors
EDM number 2596 in 2005-06, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 18/07/2006.
That this House welcomes the Prime Minister's support for the Food Standards Agency's campaign to promote food produced, processed and packaged in the UK; urges the Government to extend that spirit of support for `Buy British' to the procurement of British manufactured tractors and other farming equipment; recognises the benefits this would bring to promoting UK manufacturing industry and helping to avoid further job losses; and calls on the Government to work with the farming industry and the National Farmers Union in supporting a `Buy British' approach to farm produce, tractors and farming equipment.
This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.
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