Member for Newport, West who, I am sure, will wish to apologise. May I inform the hon. However, I have talked about the farming crisis on many occasions. It is as well to remember that I would not withdraw a single word that I have said. The House should know that, on television yesterday, someone said that there were 10 farming suicides every week.
Every suicide is a terrible tragedy for the family involved.
In the last four years of crisis, there have been fewer suicides than there were in each year of prosperity between 1989 and 1993. It is disgraceful that Opposition Members and certain other people wish to turn personal tragedies into events that invite photo-opportunities. There is a crisis in the farming industry, but a sequence of misinformation has been given. I am happy to defend everything that I have said. I am sure that he will want to reflect on his words and perhaps apologise to the farming industry.