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DAVID HEATH PRESENTS FARMING CONCERNS TO PARLIAMENT

1.30.00pm GMT Wed 21st Jan 2009

David Heath, MP for Somerton and Frome secured an hour and a half long debate on Agriculture in the South West on Tuesday 20th of January.

Opening the debate Mr Heath commented on the lack of parliamentary time given over to the issues affecting agriculture, citing the few debates that have taken place over the past five years.

Amongst the issues discussed in the debate were: Bovine TB, milk prices,nitrate vulnerable zones, sheep identifiers, food labelling and the need for a food supply ombudsman, to flooding, organic vegetables and bees.

In addition Mr Heath asked the Minister for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Jane Kennedy, if she would attend the Royal Bath and West show. The Minister would have direct contact with a large number of dairy farmers from Somerton and Frome and would gain first hand knowledge of the issues they are facing. The Minister expressed an interest in the invitation and said that she hoped "to visit the south-west soon. Given the distance, it would seem sensible to spend more than one day there."

Commenting on the debate, Mr Heath said:

"Given the lack of parliamentary time given to issues of agriculture this debate was very important. It's very hard to do a whole industry justice in a short time, but I hope I took the opportunity to raise some of the issues that I know local farmers are concerned about.

I hope that the Minister will be able to attend the Royal Bath and West show, as previous agricultural Ministers have done. I think it is vital that she spends time in Somerton and Frome so that the Ministry can fully appreciate the wide-ranging issues affecting the farming community."

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