Debates between John Glen and Andrea Leadsom during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between John Glen and Andrea Leadsom
Thursday 24th November 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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If I may say so, that was nonsense. Food prices have been dropping after peaking in 2008, and they do move up and down. On the hon. Lady’s point about the resilience of the food and drink sector, exports this year are well up on last year and growth in the sector is booming. We are doing everything we can on food innovation and getting young people into apprenticeships in increasingly high-technology jobs. This is a well-organised sector with great potential.

John Glen Portrait John Glen (Salisbury) (Con)
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In several conversations with the National Farmers Union and farmers in south Wiltshire, complaints have been made to me about how the Rural Payments Agency has been working. Edward Martin and Will Dickson complain of unilateral changes to agreed eligibility calculations. What will the Minister do to ensure that such issues are sorted out so that I do not have any more complaints from my farmers?