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This House Believes That We Need More Farmers

  • Parliament Hall parliament hall St Andrews, Scotland, KY16 9PH United Kingdom (map)

Semester 1 Week 5 (2024-25). This event has passed. Minutes are being processed.

The Motion Fails

  • Proposition: 8

  • Opposition: 22

  • Abstensions: 6

  • Total: 36

Floor Speech Prize

Thenu

Proposition

  • Wendy Chamberlain has been MP for Northeast Fife since 2019 and currently the chief whip of the Lib Dems in the House of Commons.

  • David bean is Parliament and Government Relations Manager at the Countryside Alliance. He is a St Andrews Alum and a former UDS president.

Opposition

  • John Picken is a local farmer to Fife and active member of the National Farmers Union Scotland.

  • Matthew Steel manages his family farm and is the former Chair of National Farmers Union Scotland’s Next Generation Committee.

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