News
15 APR 2010
Candidates debate with NFU
The Grantham branch of the National Farmers' Union hosted the first debate between the Conservative and Labour candidates at a meeting in Boothby Pagnell on Tuesday evening. Nick Boles told local farmers of his own farming background - his family has a small sheep farm in Devon - and asserted his commitment to improving Britain's food security. Nick said, "It is crazy that Britain, a country with some of the best grass land in the world, imports milk. A Conservative government would help British farmers compete, by stopping people passing off foreign produce as British and making our schools, hospitals and armed forces buy only food that meets the animal welfare and environmental standards that British farmers have to meet."
