Straight Talk

Andrew Neil interviews Nick Herbert MP, Shadow Secretary for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Nick Herbert talks about his background before being selected as a parliamentary candidate three days before the 2005 General Election. He also discusses Conservative plans for departmental spending cuts, the reform of the Common Agricultural and Fisheries Policies, plans for a supermarket ombudsman, the possibility of repealing the Hunting Act, the current performance of the Conservative party in the polls and finally the controversy about Lord Ashcroft’s donations to the Conservative Party.