My right hon. Friend will be aware that one of the difficulties the agricultural sector faces under current EU legislation is with honest food labelling. Some food sold as British in this country is not, under EU regulations, necessarily grown in Britain—it may well have been grown or farmed a long way overseas. One real opportunity on leaving the European Union is that we can have honest food labelling so that we know that food is genuinely grown, farmed and produced in this country.
Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy
Proceeding contribution from
Dan Poulter
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 17 January 2017.
It occurred during Opposition day on Leaving the EU: the Rural Economy.
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