Lisa Cameron – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lisa Cameron on 2016-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she is taking to ensure that farmers receive fair pricing for their dairy produce.

George Eustice

The £26.2 million aid package we secured from the European Commission has helped to provide some immediate relief. A number of supermarkets have also pledged to pay a premium over and above the current market price.

Longer term, we are working to develop futures markets in the dairy sector to help farmers manage risk.

At the most recent council meeting in the EU, the UK supported a package of new measures to try to help the dairy sector recover.