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dcterms:Date	"2012-02-14"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Diane Dodds2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, firstly I want to thank the rapporteur, my colleague from Northern Ireland, Jim Nicholson, for all of his efforts in getting this report to this stage. While we all recognise the issues raised by the high-level group and by this report, the elephant in the room remains, namely the question how farmers are to receive a fairer share of the profit within the supply chain, especially from retailers. Prior to the elections in 2010, the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom pledged to put in place a supermarket ombudsman. They have now been the lead party in our coalition government for almost two years and we still have no arbiter for fairness in this food supply chain in place. We need real, tangible progress on this now and such an ombudsman must have the teeth and power to deal with the unfairness within the market. The report deals with the power farmers have in the supply chain, but I would raise concerns about the level of responsibility given to the Commission and the role of interbranch organisations. I feel that such organisations may well add another layer to the supply chain. Northern Ireland has a unique milk trading system and a cooperative structure, but also trades a large amount of milk with another Member State. Any organisation which would have jurisdiction in two Member States must not affect the current structure or disturb the balance in trading relations. Member States should be given the flexibility to decide what is best, in their own interests and in the interests of their producers."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Diane Dodds (NI ). -"1
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