3rd – 6th October: Conservative Party Conference

Before the Conference Season I continued my local meetings with various GPs and hospitals to discuss healthcare provision in the Devizes Constituency. Whilst we were at the Conference I attended a number of fringe events, the main focus being the fringe event held by the National Farmers Union. This focused on rural and farming issues including broadband, cloning, countryside management and poultry welfare. I chaired a distinguished panel which included all of the ministers from our DEFRA department and the NFU President Peter Kendall. The mood in the room was extremely positive and it really felt as if both the DEFRA team and the farmers were for once marching in the same direction.

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