Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 7:57 pm on 18 March 2025.
My Lords, what seems to get missed in this is how little money every farmer in Britain makes out of food. In some instances, especially in dairy, they are making as little as a penny out of what we spend. Are the Government in their food strategy going to ask the supermarkets to be completely transparent about the amount of profits that they make and the supply chains that they operate? Will they ask them to start to implement much more local sourcing and a different kind of supply chain so that farmers, whom we are asking so much of, actually get paid for growing food for us?