Supporting India’s Farmers and Agricultural Workers

That the Parliament supports the many millions of farmers and agricultural workers in India who are currently protesting a change to Indian farming law that would see them worse off; understands that these reforms will loosen rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm produce, rules that have protected India's farmers from an unfettered free market for decades; notes that this rule change will allow private buyers to hoard essential commodities for future sales, which only government-authorised agents were previously able to do; understands that these changes have sparked worldwide protests due to the extent to which individuals around the world will be affected by these changes; notes the car rally that will be taking place on 13 December 2020, consisting of a procession of cars travelling from Glasgow to the Consulate General of India in Edinburgh; commends the protesters for their plans to hold a peaceful and socially distanced protest in order to show their opposition and stand in solidarity with those who are protesting elsewhere in the world, and understands that the main fear of farmers is that they will lose control of their land, their income and their ability to decide crop prices.