Sustainable Livestock Bill

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, I mentioned the European Union, but it was brought up by others and I simply responded to them. I am concerned about the Bill because it appears to me that in the long term it is likely to result in the decline of meat-eating in this country and it will also affect the dairy products that we consume. I will explain why that is likely to be the inevitable result of the Bill. The Bill's whole premise is to impose on the Secretary of State a requirement"““to improve the sustainability of the production, processing, marketing, manufacturing, distribution and consumption of products derived to any substantial extent from livestock””." The requirement could hardly have been drafted in wider terms, although, to be fair, I am sure that that is exactly what the Bill's promoter desired.