Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-14-Speech-2-331-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-02-14"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:George Lyon2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, could I too offer my congratulations to my colleague Jim Nicholson for delivering the first piece of legislation under the new Lisbon powers. I just hope we make the same speed when it comes to negotiating the CAP as he has managed to achieve during the milk package. I welcome the dairy package as a significant step forward in bringing greater transparency to the EU milk market; it makes it possible for dairy farmers to come together and have greater strength in the market place. Legislation provides for fair and open contracts and I hope they will help to eradicate some of the abuses in the dairy market. But as Jim himself pointed out, this is no silver bullet to solving some of the problems that there are in the market place. Producers need to come together to use these powers if they are going to extract a better return. In the United Kingdom the coalition government has called on the dairy industry and the farmers’ representatives to agree a voluntary code of conduct and I welcome that initiative. However, the Minister should make it crystal clear to the dairy trade that, should they refuse to sign up to a voluntary solution, he will wield the big stick and use the contract powers in this legislation to compel them to do so. One area I am still concerned about is the role of the retailers who are not covered by this legislative package. I think the Agriculture Committee in this House needs to look at this because there are still real concerns that retailers are abusing their dominant position in the market place."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrats Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PECH (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"George Lyon (ALDE ). -"1
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