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Farmed Animals: Cages

Proceeding contribution from Roger Gale (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 20 June 2022. It occurred during e-petition debate on Farmed Animals: Cages.

I have listened with wry amusement to my hon. Friend, who I think I am right in saying is a Brexiteer. One of the advantages—some might argue the only advantage—of leaving the European Union was that we were going to be able to exercise control over what came into the United Kingdom. I argued vociferously for a long time that we should not disadvantage our own farming community by putting up costs in a way that prevented them from making a living in competition with, for example, Denmark on pigs. Now that we have

left the European Union, we have the power to say that we will not allow into the United Kingdom a product that has been produced under circumstances that we would not permit here. That is what we are asking for. I hope that my hon. Friend understands that.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c251WH 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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