Rural Communities (Recession)

Part of Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day] – in the House of Commons at 4:32 pm on 15 June 2009.

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Photo of Bill Cash Bill Cash Conservative, Stone 4:32, 15 June 2009

My hon. Friend just said that farming forms a relatively small part of the rural economy, but with respect to the part of my constituency that lies in Staffordshire Moorlands, as well as the rest of the rural area of my constituency, does he acknowledge that some of us would disagree? Dairy farmers in Staffordshire are having an extremely difficult time, which is very much to do with how the legislation and regulations from the European Community and elsewhere operate against them.