Debate contribution: Agri-food Sector: Cost Pressures
Debate contribution by Mr Andrew Muir on .
- MLA
- Mr Andrew Muir
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 28 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Agri-food Sector: Cost Pressures
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5762358
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Text
I continue to engage, as the Member outlined, with producers and processors. I recognise the pressures that they face, especially relating to the costs of fuel and fertiliser, which are particularly acute, according to what I read in the farming press. The Chancellor's forthcoming Budget will be critical, not only for Northern Ireland but for the rest of the UK, to address the pressures on the industry from the cost of living and the cost of doing business. A particular challenge for processors relates to the UK migration reforms. That is a particular pressure for them, and I continue to engage with the UK Government on that.
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