Front Bench Politician
Paterson was appointed Shadow agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister from 2003-05. As agriculture spokesman he became an expert on bovine TB and campaigned for the dairy industry. He visited Michigan, Maryland and Washington to discuss Bovine TB Policy, writing extensively on the issue facing the UK.
He travelled all over the North Atlantic to produce a landmark Green Paper on Fisheries. Paterson joined the crew of the Kiroan, one of the few remaining trawlers out of Fleetwood, Lancashire, to view the fishing practices which have been created by the EU's Common Fisheries Policy. He wrote the Green Paper "Consultation on a National Policy on Fisheries Management in U.K.Waters" which was used by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight Campaign.
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