A Bill To authorise new expenditure for certain agricultural and other purposes; to make provision about direct payments during an agricultural transition period following the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union; to make provision about the acquisition and use of information connected with food supply chains; to confer power to respond to exceptional market conditions affecting agricultural markets; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to agricultural and rural development payments and public market intervention and private storage aid; to make provision about marketing standards and the classification of carcasses; to make provision for the recognition of associations of agricultural producers which may benefit from certain exemptions from competition law; to confer power to make regulations about contracts for the purchase of agricultural products from agricultural producers and securing compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
24 September 2019
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This Agriculture Bill authorises new spending for farming and rural development, and sets up direct payments during the post-Brexit transition. It also strengthens information gathering on food supply chains, gives powers to respond to market problems, and updates retained EU rules on payments, market intervention and storage. It covers marketing standards, how carcasses are classified, recognition of producer associations, and regulations about contracts for buying farm products to ensure WTO rules are followed.
The bill has progressed through the Commons and Lords and is currently at Report Stage in the Commons. It has undergone several earlier readings, committee stages, and Lords amendments, which have been debated as part of its journey toward finalising passage.
The bill has seen multiple recorded votes across readings and amendments. The main bill was approved at Third Reading (360 Aye to 211 No). Several Report Stage amendments were defeated by large margins (for example, Amendment 39: 56 Aye, 363 No; New Clause 7: 222 Aye, 352 No; New Clause 2: 277 Aye, 328 No). There were also motions in the Commons related to Lords amendments, with the House voting to disagree with some Lords’ changes in earlier stages.
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