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After Clause 15

 

THE BARONESS BYFORD
THE DUKE OF MONTROSE

320Insert the following new Clause—
  "Independent public inquiry
(1)  No provisions of this Act shall come into force prior to the publication of the findings of an independent public inquiry into the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
(2)  Nothing in this section shall prevent the Minister from taking emergency powers necessary in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, or any other specified disease, before the coming into force of this Act."

 
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