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Agriculture Bill

Proceeding contribution from Nadia Whittome (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 3 February 2020. It occurred during Debate on bills on Agriculture Bill.

No, I will not.

Why has the Secretary of State ignored the sincere requests from Labour Members, from the NFU and from the DEFRA Committee to enshrine in law a guarantee that British farmers will not be undercut through the importing of substandard produce as part of new trade deals?

The Bill needs to say much more about access to healthy, sustainable food. It needs to say more about cutting emissions, and it needs a guarantee that British farming and food standards will not be undercut. I support the reasoned amendment today because the Bill fails on food standards, it fails on food production and, most of all, it fails to tackle food poverty.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
671 c122 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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