Category: Fishing & Farming
The Future of Agriculture: “Future Countryside”
The Shadow Environment Secretary today launched Future Countryside, a major exercise to engage informed expert views on new ways to promote a sustainable countryside against the backdrop of climate change and growing pressures on resources.
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George Osborne Visits Fleetwood
George Osborne at the Fleetwood Fish Processors
The Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne M.P., visited Fleetwood recently and stopped off at the fish processors.
Mr Osborne, who was in Fleetwood with Eric Ollerenshaw, saw the plans for a new fish park and heard first hand the problems of this vital industry and the potential for expansion.
Calls for EU Ban on Fish Discards
Struan Stevenson, the Conservative spokesman for fisheries in the European Parliament, has commented on today’s EU fishing quota meeting.
Ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss the quotas for next year, following proposals by European Commission to cut the quota on cod, herring, haddock and whiting by 25%. A 7% increase in North Sea sole will also be discussed.
The Government Turns its Back on British Fruit and Veg
The Conservatives have recently released new analysis, which shows that the Government has turned its back on British fruit and vegetables.
Over the past decade, the fruit and vegetable trade deficit has grown by 55% to £3.5bn while nearly a million acres of planted land for fruit and vegetables has been lost.
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Government Must Help Local Farmers
“Do more to help our local farmers – and do it quickly” – that’s the message from Eric Ollerenshaw, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Lancaster and Fleetwood, to the Government, following a survey of farmers throughout the region.
The Government Should Act Now to Help Local Farmers
The Government should act now to help local farmers following the latest restrictions on animal movements due to the foot and mouth outbreak.
Eric Ollerenshaw, while welcoming the partial relaxation of travel restrictions, is calling on the Government to pay the single payments early in order to assist hard pressed farmers.
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