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
This bill lays out funding and powers for farming and food policy after Brexit. It authorises new expenditure, creates transitional direct payments, and gives ministers powers to respond to market shocks and to modify retained EU rules on agriculture and rural development. It also regulates marketing standards, contracts for buying farm products, and information flow in food supply chains, and recognises producer associations that may benefit from competition exemptions.
The bill is at Report Stage in the House of Commons. It has had extensive scrutiny and Lords amendments, with the Commons voting to disagree with several amendments in some divisions.
In the Commons, the bill received strong support in the Third Reading (360 Aye to 211 No). Across the various divisions, party lines were mixed; Conservative MPs largely backed the main measure, while Labour and other parties opposed many Lords amendments and some Report Stage proposals.
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