The SNP’s proposal to cap the price of staple foods was dismissed as “communism” by a minister in the Commons.
Food and Farming Minister Mark Spencer argued controlling markets did not work, would “drive up prices”, and was “in effect, communism”.
SNP MP Hannah Bardell, the MP for Livingston, said: “Folk are struggling more than ever and that’s why the SNP has called on the UK Government to control supermarket price gauging amid record profiteering and introduce a price cap on staples like bread and milk.at the price of a shopping basket compared to here in the UK, the free market is actually doing a lot of work to suppress the cost of inflation of food.
He said the cost of a loaf of wholemeal bread is up 20%, adding: “We know that it’s not the farmers who are benefitting from this.“So why won’t the Government and the Secretary of State consider price caps to prevent the supermarkets profiteering and to help ensure basic essentials are not beyond the reach of many?”
“But what he’s advocating for is control of market prices. The effect of that would have exactly the opposite effect of what he wants to achieve and drive up prices across the country and we’d end up in a far worse place.”that the Prime Minister will not accept hormone-injected beef in the UK as a result of trade deals with other nations.’s shadow environment minister Daniel Zeichner told the Commons: “To maintain that healthy, sustainable food system, farmers need a level playing field.
"So can the minister, from his long experience in Government, tell us how many others at the top of his Government harbour this private view?”
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