Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:50 pm on 19 November 2012.

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Photo of Ian Murray Ian Murray Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) 4:50, 19 November 2012

The hon. Gentleman raises a critical point, because naming and shaming did not work for the dairy farmers. What worked were blockades and sanctions in getting their points across to the Government. I will perhaps highlight the dairy industry and how the groceries code adjudicator should be able to help, but he makes a critical point about how the Bill could be seen as toothless, because the dairy industry had to blockade and withhold its services to get any action on how the supply chain worked. It neatly follows that the debate needs to be on where the code sits in the legislative framework.