The point I was making, which I think is being followed up, is that there is a two-tier system. Right now, the Bill as constructed does not acknowledge that two-tier system. The problem lies in that two-tier system and the fact that all of these things that will be coming through with the pesticides on them will go through the risk assessment because they are not on the annexes, which they would be if they went into the first tier. It is those annexes that need to be looked at. I do not think that anyone is doing scare tactics, but I think there is a very big risk here that, as we get huge amounts of wheat coming in from Australia, there may well be pesticides on that wheat that we as consumers do not want to eat. I am not sure right now how the present system will address that.
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Willis of Summertown
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 14 December 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL].
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