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BRITISH PIG EXECUTIVE SAVE OUR BACON CAMPAIGN

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1065A1: tabled on 28 February 2008

Tabled in the 2007-08 session.

This motion has been signed by 1 Member. It is an amendment to an existing motion.The tabling Member has subsequently withdrawn this motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This motion has subsequently been withdrawn by the tabling Member.

This is an amendment to an existing motion

This motion was originally tabled by Tim Farron on 27 February 2008. This is amendment number 1.

View details of the original motion

Suggested amendment

after `£20', insert `further notes that the increase in grain prices has resulted in increases of 70 per cent. and 45 per cent. in the income of grain farmers respectively in the past two years; believes that unjustifiably high subsidies should be clawed back from grain farmers and redistributed to pig farmers; further '.

Original motion text

That this House welcomes the Save our Bacon campaign being run by the British Pig Executive; notes that feed prices have increased by more than 100 per cent. in the past year, and that due to price pressure from supermarkets, British farmers are now being paid around £1.10 per kg for a pig that now costs them £1.44 per kg to produce, meaning that for every pig a farmer rears and sells, he is likely to lose over £20; believes the current situation to be unsustainable; and calls upon supermarkets to take the lead in setting out responsible business practice and paying a fair price for pigs, in order to support farmers across the country.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

There are no withdrawn signatures for this amendment.