Leader of the House Jacob-Rees Mogg described farmers with concerns over the trade deal as âfeeble and frightenedâ, says Cumbrian MP Tim Farron
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CUMBRIAN MP Tim Farron has slammed a Conservative cabinet minister who described local farmers as ‘feeble’.
Recently, the Government has been widely criticised for allowing British farmers to be undercut in their new trade deal with Australia.
But in the House of Commons, the Leader of the House Jacob-Rees Mogg described farmers with concerns over the trade deal as “feeble and frightened”, said Mr Farron.
Speaking during Business Questions, Mr Farron said: "The Leader of the House will be proud as I am of the high animal welfare and environmental standards of British farmers, but the Australian trade deal looks likely to betray our farmers by allowing lower standard Australian farm produce to undercut them.