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| | | “Reducing use and impacts of pesticides |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State must, within six months of Royal Assent being given to |
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| | this Act, publish a policy statement setting out proposals for encouraging the |
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| | adoption of integrated pest management practices in England. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must, within one year of Royal Assent being given to this |
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| | (a) | a reduction in pesticide use in England, and |
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| | (b) | a reduction in the toxic load placed upon the environment in England as |
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| | a result of the use of pesticides in the management of livestock or land or |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State shall, when measuring pesticide use for the purpose of |
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| | subsection (2)(a), measure (among other things)— |
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| | (a) | the frequency of use of any pesticide, and |
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| | (b) | the extent of any area treated with a pesticide. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State shall, when measuring for the purpose of subsection (2)(b) |
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| | the toxic load placed upon the environment, measure (among other things)— |
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| | (a) | any impact upon the environment which is wholly or partly attributable |
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| | to the use of a pesticide in the management of livestock or land or water, |
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| | (b) | any impact upon human or animal health which is wholly or partly |
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| | attributable to the use of a pesticide in the management of livestock or |
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| | (5) | For the purposes of this section— |
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| | “integrated pest management practices” include any practice for managing |
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| | the growth and health of crops which relies wholly or significantly on |
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| | ecological pest control mechanisms and which uses a pesticide or |
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| | pesticides only when economically and ecologically justified |
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| | “toxic load placed upon the environment” shall mean any harmful impact |
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| | upon the environment or human or animal health which is wholly or |
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| | partly attributable to the use of a pesticide.” |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Agricultural products: Parliamentary approval of relevant parts of |
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| | international trade agreements |
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| | (1) | The United Kingdom may not become a signatory to any international trade |
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| | agreement of which an element concerns trade in agricultural products unless— |
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| | (a) | upon conclusion of the negotiations, the text of any element which |
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| | concerns trade in agricultural products has been laid before Parliament, |
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| | (b) | the House of Commons has approved by resolution a motion moved by a |
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| | Minister of the Crown which approves the text of any element which |
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| | concerns trade in agricultural products, and |
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| | (c) | the House of Lords has debated a motion in the same terms as that |
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| | approved by the House of Commons. |
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| | (2) | A motion under subsection (1)(b) shall be framed in terms which permit |
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| | (3) | For the purposes of this section, “agricultural product” shall mean any product |
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| | which falls within an agricultural sector listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1. |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Annual assessment of funding for purposes |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State must report on funding for each purpose listed in section 1. |
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| | (2) | A report under subsection (1) must be made for each financial year and must be |
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| | laid before both Houses of Parliament no later than 31 October in the financial |
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| | year following the financial year to which the report relates. |
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| | (3) | The first report shall be made by 31 October 2019 and shall relate to funding in |
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| | the 2018-19 financial year. |
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| | (4) | A report under this section must record, on the basis of best data available— |
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| | (a) | the total sum of funding allocated to each purpose in section 1, |
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| | (b) | the source of any element of funding under subparagraph (a) which |
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| | comes from public funds, and |
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| | (c) | the sums from each source under subparagraph (b). |
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| | (5) | The Secretary of State must include in each report under this section— |
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| | (a) | a statement of their opinion on whether any sum recorded under |
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| | subsection (4) is sufficient to meet their policy objectives in relation to |
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| | (b) | a statement of the Secretary of State’s intentions if, in their opinion, a |
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| | sum recorded under subsection (4) was not sufficient to meet their policy |
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| | objectives in relation to a purpose. |
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| | (6) | For the purposes of this section, “funding” includes any payment, grant, loan or |
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| | This new clause would require the Secretary of State to report annually on the funding allocated |
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| | to each of the purposes of the Bill, on its sufficiency to meet policy objectives and on the Secretary |
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| | of State’s intentions if in their opinion funding for any purpose was not sufficient. |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Financial assistance: agricultural tenancies |
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| | (1) | Where in respect of a tenancy of an agricultural holding a tenant is restricted by |
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| | the terms of the tenancy agreement in relation to any activity for which financial |
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| | assistance has been granted under or in connection with this Act, or any |
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| | environmental land management scheme established in connection with the |
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| | provisions of this Act, the tenant may serve notice on the landlord to request |
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| | consent for that activity. |
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| | (2) | A landlord must respond to a notice served under subsection (1) within one |
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| | (3) | If the landlord does not respond to a notice served under subsection (1) within one |
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| | month, consent for the activity within the notice from the tenant will be deemed |
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| | (4) | Any objection by the landlord to a notice served under subsection (1) may be |
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| | referred by the tenant to arbitration or expert determination under a mechanism |
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| | to be established by regulations made by the Secretary of State. |
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| | (5) | Regulations under subsection (4) shall be subject to the affirmative procedure. |
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| | (6) | “Financial assistance” under subsection (1) shall be taken to include (amongst |
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| | (a) | any payment of financial assistance under section 1, |
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| | (b) | any payment under the basic payment scheme, within the meaning of |
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| | (c) | any delinked payment within the meaning of section 4 or 9 as the case |
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| | (d) | any other form of financial assistance which may be given under this |
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| | This new clause would enable a tenant to challenge a restriction in the tenancy agreement |
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| | regarding the receipt of financial assistance under the terms of the Bill. |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Monitoring pesticide use and alternatives |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State must, within six months of Royal Assent being given to |
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| | this Act, publish proposals— |
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| | (a) | to monitor the use and effects of pesticides in the management of |
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| | (b) | to conduct research into alternative methods of pest control and to invest |
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| | in and promote their take-up, and |
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| | (c) | to consult on a target to reduce the use of pesticides. |
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| | (2) | The proposals shall include steps to measure— |
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| | (a) | the effect of pesticides on environmental health, |
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| | (b) | the effect of pesticides on human health, |
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| | (c) | the frequency with which individual pesticides are applied, |
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| | (d) | the areas to which individual pesticides are applied, and |
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| | (e) | the take-up of alternative methods of pest control by land use and sector. |
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| | (3) | “Environmental health” in subsection (2)(a) includes the health of flora, fauna, |
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| | land, air or any inland water body. |
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| | (4) | “Human health” in subsection (2)(b) means the health of farmers, farmworkers |
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| | and their families, operators, bystanders, rural residents and the general public.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This new clause would require the Secretary of State to publish proposals to monitor the impact of |
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| | pesticides, to conduct research into alternative methods of pest control, to promote their take-up, |
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| | and to consult on proposals to set a target to reduce the use of pesticides. |
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| | | “Mandatory labelling of animal products as to farming method |
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| | (1) | Meat, meat products, milk, dairy products and egg products shall be labelled as |
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| | to the method of farming. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall make regulations that (among other things) lay |
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| | (a) | the labelling terms to be used for meat, meat products, milk, dairy |
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| | products and egg products; |
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| | (b) | the conditions that must be met for the use of each labelling term; |
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| | (c) | the required size, legibility and placement of labels; |
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| | (d) | the circumstances in which a product containing meat, eggs, milk or dairy |
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| | products may be exempt from the requirement set out in subsection (1) |
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| | due to the low proportion of these items that are included in the product. |
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| | (3) | For the purposes of this section— |
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| | “dairy products” means butter, cheese, ice cream and yoghurt and products |
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| | that include milk or skimmed milk powder; |
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| | “egg products” means products that include eggs; |
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| | “meat products” means products that include meat. |
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| | (4) | Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | Clause 22 enables the Secretary of State to make labelling regulations. This new clause would |
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| | require the Secretary of State to make labelling regulations that require meat and meat products, |
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| | milk and dairy products, and egg products, including those which have been produced intensively, |
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| | to be labelled as to farming method. Eggs are not included as legislation already requires eggs to |
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| | be labelled as to farming method. |
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| | | “Export of farmed animals for slaughter or fattening |
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| | (1) | A person commits an offence if the person exports to any country outside the |
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| | United Kingdom a farmed animal for slaughter or fattening. |
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| | (2) | A person commits an offence if the person arranges or facilitates the export to any |
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| | country outside the United Kingdom of a farmed animal for slaughter or |
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| | (3) | Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the export of a farmed animal from |
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| | Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland provided that the animal— |
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| | (a) | was born in Northern Ireland, and |
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| | (b) | is to be slaughtered in the Republic of Ireland within eighteen months of |
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| | arrival in the Republic of Ireland. |
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| | (4) | A person guilty of an offence under subsections (1) or (2) is liable on summary |
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| | (a) | in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 |
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| | weeks, to a fine or to both; |
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| | (b) | in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a |
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| | fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both; |
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| | (c) | in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, |
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| | to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both. |
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| | (5) | In relation to an offence committed before section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice |
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| | Act 2003 comes into force, the reference in subsection (4)(a) to 51 weeks is to be |
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| | read as a reference to 6 months. |
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| | (6) | For the purpose of this section “fattening” means the keeping of an animal so that |
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| | it gains weight in readiness for slaughter. |
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| | (7) | This section extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
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| | (8) | This section shall come into force on “exit day”, where “exit day” shall have the |
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| | same meaning as in section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This Clause would prohibit the export from the UK of farm animals for slaughter or fattening. It |
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| | includes an exception to this prohibition in respect of genuine cross-border movements from |
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| | Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland. |
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| | | “Agricultural products: negotiating mandate for relevant international trade |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State shall not open negotiations on any element of a proposed |
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| | international trade agreement which concerns trade in agricultural products |
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| | unless each of the conditions in this section have been satisfied in respect of that |
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| | (2) | The first condition is that a Minister of the Crown shall have laid before |
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| | Parliament a draft of a negotiating mandate relating to the proposed trade |
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| | (a) | the principles to underpin the proposed negotiations; and |
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| | (b) | the desired outcomes from the proposed negotiations. |
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| | (3) | The principles under subsection (2)(a) shall include, but are not limited to, the |
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| | steps which the Government intends to take in order to seek to ensure that no |
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| | agricultural product may be imported into the UK under the agreement unless the |
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| | standards to which any such product are at least as high as standards specified by |
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| | primary or subordinate legislation in the United Kingdom relating to— |
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| | (a) | the health and welfare of livestock, |
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| | (b) | protection of the environment, |
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| | (c) | supply and sale of food or drink which is provided for consumers by an |
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| | agri-food supply chain, and |
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| | (d) | sanitary and phytosanitary measures. |
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| | (4) | The second condition is that the House of Commons has approved by resolution |
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| | (a) | setting out a proposed negotiating mandate for any part of the proposed |
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| | trade agreement which concerns trade in agricultural products, and |
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| | (b) | authorising the Secretary of State to enter negotiations on that part or |
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| | those parts of the proposed trade agreement on the basis of that mandate. |
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| | (5) | The third condition is that the House of Lords has debated the proposed |
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| | (6) | A motion under subsection (4) shall be drafted in terms which permit amendment. |
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| | (7) | For the purposes of this section, “agricultural product” shall mean any product |
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| | which falls within an agricultural sector listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1. |
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| | (8) | For the purposes of this section, “Sanitary and phytosanitary measures” shall |
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| | mean any measure applied— |
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| | (a) | to protect human or animal life from risks arising from additives, |
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| | contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in their food; |
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| | (b) | to protect human life from plant- or animal-carried diseases; |
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| | (c) | to protect animal or plant life from pests, diseases or disease-causing |
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| | (d) | to prevent or limit other damage to a country from the entry, |
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| | establishment or spread of pests.” |
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to provide financial assistance for the |
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| | “(aa) | “supporting agriculture and horticulture businesses in |
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| | enabling public access to healthy food that is farmed |
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| | sustainably, including food produced through whole |
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| | farm agroecological systems.” |
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| | This amendment would add to the purposes for which financial assistance can be given, that of |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out “supporting” and insert “enhancing” |
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| | This amendment would have the effect of ensuring that financial assistance could be provided to |
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| | improve the accessibility of existing public rights of way. It would also ensure that financial |
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| | assistance could be provided for the creation of new public access opportunities where these are |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 3, after “enhances” insert “landscape quality,” |
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| | This amendment would ensure that the mechanics of the bill are aligned with the delivery of the 25 |
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