Harlow MP Chris Vince praises local farmers
Chris Vince / Tue 6th Jan 2026 at 02:09pm
HARLOW MP Chris Vince rose on the floor of the House of Commons to praise a number of farmers in the constituency of Harlow.
Mr Vince said: “I put on the record my thanks to the farmers in my Constituency of Harlow who have engaged really productively on the issue. In particular, I pay tribute to Richard and Jack Scantlebury of Great Canfield.
“Can the Minister talk further about how the record investment of £11.8 billion in sustainable farming can help to benefit farmers such as Jack and Richard in my constituency?
Dan Tomlinson The Exchequer Secretary replied:
“My hon. Friend is right that we are putting that amount in over the course of this Parliament to support innovation, agritech and all the things that farming businesses can and should do to invest and grow and to support their communities.
“That is the right thing to do, and it is turning the page on the chaos and the underfunding of previous years”.
DAVID
2026-01-06 14:33:39
While this may be great for local farmers, do you have any message for the local small businesses that you have screwed over with your National Insurance rises, business rate increases, and the economic uncertainty brought about by yourself, Chancellor Rachel Reeves—a former UK chess champion and Bank of England economist—and your leader, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a flip-flopping Trump apologist
Val
2026-01-06 14:49:54
What about the Inheritance Tax that is destroying our farming communities? What is all this flurry of meaningless and vacuous messages on YH by Chris Vince? He never addresses anything serious like cancellation of elections, authoritarian ID cards and restrictions on jury trials. Isn't there any serious and more relevant news to report other than the ranting of this Starmer sycophant?
Seamus
2026-01-06 15:18:10
Has he forgotten that he voted against the farmers by voting with the government on the inheritance tax bill ?
Eddie
2026-01-06 17:47:21
Is this twat Vince having a laugh or what?
Tim
2026-01-06 20:00:20
Chris Vince is a total dipstick.
Andy Lee
2026-01-06 21:45:19
Thank goodness we have Chris Vince and not little bobby halfon who's government took us out of Europe costing us 90 billion a year let alone their austerity that George (very very rich) Osbourne inflicted as a short term solution that we are still expecting, people's memories are very short.
Tim
2026-01-06 22:25:46
Andy Lee, keep taking the pills and ask for an increase in the dosage. You should take advantage of Labour's freezing of prescription charges. Why would we want to rejoin an economically stagnant and militarily impotent bloc that is the EU when we have new trade deals with the Pacific Bloc, the USA and India, plus scope for more in Latin America and Asia? Keep taking your tablets!
Seamus
2026-01-06 23:23:39
Andy "people's memories are very short." indeed they are or you would have remembered it was the largest democratic vote in UK history where over 46 million people participated, that took us out of the EU. You're welcome.
David Forman
2026-01-07 01:05:20
The EU won't allow State Aid to ailing industries, even those deemed necessary for national infrastructure. Also, both the European TUC and Britain's Institute of Employment Rights has criticized the Posted Workers Directive that undermined unions' national agreements, even those with government and local authorities. The state of Luxembourg was told its national policy of abiding by collective agreements to protect wages and other conditions was out of order by the European Courts of Justice because it wanted Eastern European firms to establish themselves in Luxembourg and undercut wages. We don't need that here in Britain. Watch out for dumb Labour loving trade unions trying to sell re-entry to the EU. See IER briefing at https://www.ier.org.uk/comments/power-workers/
David Forman
2026-01-07 01:25:01
The EU's Public Procurement Directive currently being updated would make it very difficult for government departments and local authorities to favour UK based companies when buying goods and services. Public procurement over a certain value has to be advertised in the Official Journal of the EU leaving it open for bids from across Europe. It would render Harlow Council's attempts to boost local businesses illegal. The following link from Ireland explains the thresholds for open EU competition: https://www.mhc.ie/latest/insights/new-eu-public-procurement-thresholds-from-1-january-2024#:~:text=Dec%2018%2C%202023,all%20potential%20extensions%20and%20options).
David Forman
2026-01-07 01:34:22
The whole raison detre of the European Union is privatisation of public services and state owned utilities. Those who want an end to outsourcing and privatisation of public services would be scuppered by re-joining the EU. See this 2017 report highlighted the problem https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.epsu.org/article/european-commission-preparing-eu-wide-privatisation-push&ved=2ahUKEwipt4nroviRAxX-QEEAHZaUN7QQFnoECE8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw1RHpkk1GtWW7ptV4dBGNd6
Fed up pensioner mk3
2026-01-07 07:39:41
You never see a poor farmer ay Chris? labour mps have everything ,the only thing they lack is ability.
Andy lee
2026-01-07 21:15:37
Tim, still 90 billion a year down even with those brilliant deals, Seamus, still 90 billion a year down after the millions voted for something they had no idea of the consequences of. David, stop copying and pasting we're still 90 billion a year down, think if that money was spent on education you could have your own opinion.
Ted
2026-01-07 21:56:58
Is Andy Lee really Chris Vince
Andy lee
2026-01-07 22:41:37
No he's not he's someone who remembered the Tory's crashing the economy he's also the bloke who remembers that farage helped tirelessly to bring us out of the EU at a cost of 90 billion a year and is sad and worried watching people cheer him in to number 10 we fought a war to stop the advancement of fascism, what was the point of all those young people dieing for. short memories.
Val
2026-01-07 23:23:43
Andy Lee, the authoritarian party is Labour. They are the threat to our liberties and intent on destroying our established rights: • cancelling democratic elections • curtailing our rights to trial by jury, established under Magna Carta • introducing Soviet still ID cards and surveillance. Not to mention their general incompetence in managing the economy. They are a complete shambles and Chris Vince is the most imbecilic MP ever to represent this town. A complete Starmer puppet.
Andy Lee
2026-01-08 06:11:13
Val, the economy was desimated by the last government you can't fix years of damage in a year, a very low proportion of trials are by jury another example of people being wound up over a non issue. People volanterily carry mobile phones, I can't think of a better form of self imposed id, the answers simple don't take your phone with you it's not difficult.
Brian
2026-01-08 07:24:23
Andy Lee ,we haven't had brexit yet.
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