MEP acknowledges ‘essential service’

In her address to the Oxford Farming Conference, Mairead McGuinness, MEP, outlined the importance of farming and food production, and explained the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

She also placed the current discussions on CAP reform in the context of the original objectives set for it in the Treaty of Rome in 1957.

Reading a speech is never quite the same as hearing it delivered. You can only guess at the emphasis placed on certain words and phrases, and at the subtle nuances of tone in other areas.