To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of funding addi

This private Member’s Bill has my full support. It was introduced by the hon.

I thank my hon. Friend that intervention, and I am sure that the whole House will join me in congratulating Ruth on her engagement.

And mine. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comment.

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp).

Ed, you talked about the potential through de-linking and smaller holdings.

Q My farming grandad is in my ear saying, “It used to be like that.” We moved away from that because of Government policies.

You referred to how we can essentially shorten supply chains, and your answer seemed to be focused on de-linking opportunities.

Really, it is about how future generations of farmers will feel confident about their potential future on, perhaps, the family farm after

Ms Taylor, in your views, you state that the Bill would be aQ “starting point for the conversion of the agriculture sector to the one we