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UK Dairy Industry

EDM number 986 in 2007-08, proposed by Timothy Farron on 20/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture, Farmers, Food and Service industries.

That this House notes and is saddened by the reduction in the number of UK dairy farms; notes that the quota price of milk has crashed from about 32 pence per litre in 1988 to about 1 pence per litre in 2008; recognises the role played in this by major supermarket chains in pushing down the price of dairy products with little regard for the need to get a fair price for farmers; and calls upon the Government to act to protect farms of all kinds to ensure security of food supply.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Farron20/02/2008Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
John Hemming21/02/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew George21/02/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Michael Weir21/02/2008AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Elfyn Llwyd21/02/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Richard Younger-Ross21/02/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Colin Breed22/02/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer22/02/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew22/02/2008StroudLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley22/02/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Adam Price25/02/2008Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Oaten25/02/2008WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Winterton25/02/2008MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Lorely Burt25/02/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean26/02/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell26/02/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Gordon Marsden26/02/2008Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson26/02/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Pugh26/02/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink26/02/2008Castle PointConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis27/02/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Leech27/02/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Goodwill27/02/2008Scarborough and WhitbyConservativeSigned
Mark Fisher27/02/2008Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
William McCrea27/02/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Simon Hughes27/02/2008North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Simpson27/02/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Annette Brooke28/02/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 03/03/2008MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell03/03/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Charlotte Atkins05/03/2008Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Martin Horwood05/03/2008CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams11/03/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mason28/10/2008Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned

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