| Amendments proposed to the Food Standards Bill - continued | House of Commons |
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Mr James Paice 56 Clause 24, page 12, line 23, leave out subsection (2).
Mr James Paice 57 Clause 24, page 12, line 30, leave out subsection (3).
Mr James Paice 58 Clause 24, page 12, line 35, leave out subsection (4).
Mr James Paice 59 Clause 24, page 13, line 1, leave out subsection (5).
Mr James Paice 126 Clause 24, page 13, line 11, leave out from 'section' to end of line 14 and insert ', including the reasons for giving them, shall be published, and the matters to which they relate shall be brought to the attention of persons likely to be affected by them.'.
Mr James Paice 131 *Clause 24, page 13, line 11, leave out from 'section' to end of line 14 and insert ', together with the reasons why such directions are being given, shall be published and the matters to which they relate shall be brought to the attention of persons likely to be affected by them.'.
Mr James Paice 60 Clause 24, page 13, line 15, leave out subsection (9).
Mr James Paice 61 Clause 25, page 13, line 22, leave out subsection (2).
Mr James Paice 62 Clause 25, page 13, line 27, leave out subsection (3).
Mr James Paice 63 Clause 25, page 13, line 30, leave out subsection (4).
Mr James Paice 64 Clause 25, page 13, line 37, leave out 'subsections (1), (2) and (4)' and insert 'subsection (1)'.
Mr Jeff Rooker 129 Clause 25, page 14, line 4, at end insert—'(6A) This section applies in relation to a rule of law as it applies in relation to an enactment, but with the omission of—
Mr James Paice 65 Clause 27, page 15, line 11, leave out 'the authority making them' and insert 'the Secretary of State'.
Mr James Paice 66 Clause 27, page 15, leave out lines 19 to 25 and insert 'by the Secretary of State'.
Mr James Paice 67 Clause 28, page 15, line 26, leave out from 'and' to 'shall' in line 27 and insert 'Parliament'.
Mr James Paice 68 Clause 28, page 15, line 31, leave out subsection (2).
Mr James Paice 69 Clause 28, page 15, line 38, leave out 'authority concerned' and insert 'Secretary of State'.
Mr Andrew George 113 Clause 29, page 15, line 44, leave out 'from time to time' and insert 'regularly'.
Mr Jeff Rooker 130 Clause 29, page 16, line 10, leave out '1998' and insert '1999'.
Mr Andrew George 85 Clause 29, page 16, line 11, leave out subsection (3) and insert—'(3) Section 118 of the Medicines Act 1968 (restrictions on disclosure of information) shall not apply in relation to the disclosure of information to the Agency for the purpose of a consultation under this section. (4) Where information of a description mentioned in section 118 of that Act is disclosed to the Agency for the purpose of such consultation, the Agency—
Mr James Paice 70 Clause 32, page 17, line 27, after 'unless' insert 'Parliament and'.
Mr James Paice 71 Clause 39, page 20, line 20, leave out from 'shall' to end of line 23 and insert 'be met proportionately to population out of money provided by Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly'.
Mr James Paice 72 Clause 39, page 20, leave out line 24.
NEW CLAUSESDuties regarding availability of food
Mr James Paice NC1 To move the following Clause:—'In providing advice under sections 6 and 7 the Agency must take into account the overriding importance of not restricting the availability of food to the consumer and that restriction of the availability of food should only take place when it remains the only solution.'.
Duties regarding imported food
Mr James Paice NC2 To move the following Clause:—' .—(1) The Agency has the same functions and must exercise the same degree of scrutiny in relation to imported food as to domestically produced food. (2) The Agency must not allow the sale of any imported food that does not meet the same standards as domestically produced food in the methods by, and standards to which, it is produced.'.
Duties regarding labelling of food products
Mr James Paice NC3 To move the following Clause:—' .—The Agency has a duty to ensure that all food products are accurately labelled with a complete list of ingredients, whether they are genetically modified, the country of origin of each major ingredient and the system of production where appropriate.'.
Meat Hygiene Service to continue as separate agency
Dr Peter Brand NC4 To move the following Clause:—'The Meat Hygiene Service shall continue to operate and exercise its functions separately from the Food Standards Agency.'.
Independent adjudicator
Mr James Paice NC5 *To move the following Clause:—'The Secretary of State shall appoint an independent adjudicator to whom reference may be made by any individual or corporate body to whom the Agency has issued orders under this Act, and the adjudicator shall consider such reference and decide accordingly.'.
Performance criteria
Mr James Paice NC6 *To move the following Clause:—'The Agency shall define and publish quantifiable criteria of its performance and shall include performance against those criteria in each annual report to Parliament.'.
Cosmetics
Mr James Paice NC7 *To move the following Clause:—'(1) The Agency has the function of:
(2) In this section cosmetics shall be defined as articles intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or altering appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions.'.
Mr Andrew George 86 Schedule 2, page 24, line 16, at end insert—'( ) Before appointing a person as chairman or member of the advisory committee, the authority making the appointment shall have regard to the desirability of securing that a variety of skills and experience is available among the members of the committee (including public interest representation).'.
Mr Andrew George 87 Schedule 2, page 25, line 7, at end insert—'( ) Before appointing a person as chairman or member of the advisory committee, the authority making the appointment shall have regard to the desirability of securing that a variety of skills are represented.'.
Mr Andrew George 88 Schedule 3, page 27, line 14, leave out from 'time to time' and insert 'regularly'.
Mr James Paice 117 Schedule 4, page 30, line 26, leave out from 'Food"' to end of line 27.
Mr James Paice 123 Schedule 4, page 30, line 29, leave out from 'omitted' to end of line 31.
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