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Agriculture Bill

Proceeding contribution from Earl of Dundee (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 22 September 2020. It occurred during Debate on bills on Agriculture Bill.

My Lords, within this grouping, I support my noble friend Lord Trenchard’s helpful amendments. First, on United Kingdom and EU standards, he corrects a misapprehension or, maybe, he forestalls it before it has time within the Bill to solidify as a regular misunderstanding. For, as he points out, there is no difference between domestic standards and European Union ones. They are identical.

Secondly, what is also insufficiently known—and as my noble friend also usefully observes—in certain respects, the UK and EU are not compliant with World Trade Organization rules. I am in favour of Amendment 103 of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, which urges that United Kingdom global tariff rates should take into account the well-being of the agricultural sector and that imported goods must be equivalent to, or exceed, domestic standards.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
805 c1748 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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