[holding answer 23 June 2009]: On 17 June I attended a meeting of senior officials, Dairy Farmers of Britain Members Council, the receivers (PWC), Dairy UK, Farm unions, banks, and charity and benevolent organisations to continue co-ordinated efforts and work towards our common goal of minimising the impacts on all those affected.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State (Hilary Benn) has spoken to regional development agencies to ask for their support, and has written to the British Bankers Association and the Agricultural Industries Confederation urging them to give any help they can to farmers affected by the Dairy Farmers of Britain collapse.