Falling Milk Prices (EDM710)

Falling Milk Prices

EDM number 710 in 2014-15, proposed by Timothy Farron on 20/01/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and Farmers.

That this House notes with great concern the negative consequences that falling milk prices are having on British dairy farmers; wishes to call to attention that the number of dairy farmers in the UK has been halved in the last 10 years, from over 20,000 to under 10,000 farmers, due to the falling price of milk coupled with the rising costs of production; further notes that dairy farmers are now only receiving around 20 pence per litre of milk sold, down from 33 pence last year, a level which is much less than the cost of production; and calls on the Government to take steps to ensure that companies selling milk raise milk prices to sustainable levels that ensure the continued existence of Britain's dairy farmers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Farron	20/01/2015	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	20/01/2015	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Margaret Ritchie	20/01/2015	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Mike Hancock	20/01/2015	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	20/01/2015	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Meale	21/01/2015	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Jim Shannon	21/01/2015	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/01/2015	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	21/01/2015	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nigel Evans	21/01/2015	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	21/01/2015	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/01/2015	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	21/01/2015	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	21/01/2015	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
James Gray	21/01/2015	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Mary Glindon	22/01/2015	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	22/01/2015	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	22/01/2015	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	22/01/2015	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	22/01/2015	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/01/2015	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	27/01/2015	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	27/01/2015	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	27/01/2015	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	28/01/2015	North Down	Independent	Signed
Greg Mulholland	28/01/2015	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	28/01/2015	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Sandra Osborne	28/01/2015	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	28/01/2015	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Wright	28/01/2015	Telford	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	29/01/2015	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Chris Ruane	03/02/2015	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/02/2015	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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