With an agricultural constituency she took up farming issues, calling for a new approach to food quality after the BSE scandal including stricter regulation of intensive farming. When Lincolnshire was described as a prosperous area, she wrote to object based on the low wages paid to some farmworkers.
She addressed farming concerns within her agricultural constituency, emphasizing better food quality standards after the BSE scandal and stricter controls over intensive farming practices. Upon hearing that Lincolnshire was described as prosperous, she wrote a letter to highlight the low wages paid to some farmworkers.