Everybody knew that the Crisis in the Farming Industry occurred long before 1887, when the Crofters' Commission began to sit.

Mr. ALBERY: Does the right hon. Gentleman hold the view that there is no exceptional Crisis in the Farming Industry at the present time?

In my experience as a Member of Parliament for more than 25 years, I do not recall such a serious Crisis in the Farming Industry as the one now facing it.

It is right that we should debate the tremendous Crisis in the Farming Industry, highlighting the difficulties that farmers are going through.

Although the Crisis in the Farming Industry was a key factor in my decision to introduce the Bill, it is intended not to be, nor to form part of, a nationalistic, anti-competitive buy-British campaign, but rather to give the force of law to simple, clear and honest food labelling, so that consumers have the facts that they need to enable them to make an informed choice.

There has been a cynical attempt to piggyback on the undoubted Crisis in the Farming Industry so as to extract some cheap mileage.

There is a Crisis in the Farming Industry, but a sequence of misinformation has been given.

Does he accept that, with the current Crisis in the Farming Industry, there is a real need to sell to farmers the importance of biodiversity and environmental improvement as part of agriculture moving forward?