Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 29 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking in relation to the price for milk paid to dairy farmers.
The Government are not involved in setting milk prices; these are the result of commercial decisions. However the market must work fairly and be transparent. I am working with the Dairy Supply Chain Forum to try to achieve this.
We are also establishing a Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) to monitor and enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice. The GCA will investigate complaints from anyone in the supply chain who is directly or indirectly affected by a breach of the Code and can deal with them anonymously. This means suppliers from both the UK and overseas will be able to complain confidentially for the first time about breaches of the Code. A Bill is currently being drafted.
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