Fiona
Bruce MP supports farming community in Parliament post EU Referendum
The
All Party Parliamentary Group on Eggs, Pigs and Poultry recently held a
reception at the House of Commons, attended by a number of MPs who support the
farming sector including Fiona Bruce MP.
Chair
of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, Neil Parish MP
highlighted how the UK is in a position to agree new trade deals with countries
across the world following the decision to leave the EU and that the UK had a great
deal to offer.
Responding
Farming Minister George Eustice MP, who campaigned to leave the EU, was buoyant
about the farming and food produce sector, emphasising that it can innovate
well and adapt quickly to change and that he believed that there are
opportunities to seize new export markets beyond the EU going forward.
Fiona Bruce MP said “I
have asked a number of questions in Parliament recently on behalf of Cheshire
farmers since whatever happens with the UK going forward we must protect and support
our agricultural sector. Farmers are the backbone of our rural economy and we
cannot allow them to be short-changed. They deserve all our support, particularly
bearing in mind the high welfare standards and quality produce in the UK which
we can all be proud of, purchase and promote. ”
The
event also gave Fiona Bruce an opportunity to thank George Eustice for his
swift action to ensure that raisins, harvested before 2016, could still be used
in food products – including, importantly, this year’s Christmas puddings –
following a change in EU regulations. This intervention was vital to secure
continuing production at Congleton food producers Mornflake and MorFruit.
