UNITED KINGDOM:House of Lords votes for Food Standards Amendment in Agriculture Bill

摘要

The UK Government has been heavily defeated in the Lords over a cross-party move to guarantee high food standards post-Brexit. Peers backed by a majority of 95 a change to the Agriculture bill aimed in an attempt to block the import of foodstuffs produced abroad at lower standards.Voting was 307 to 212 for an amendment requiring food products imported under future trade deals to meet or exceed domestic standards to prevent UK farmers being undermined. It was the second defeat for ministers in Tuesday's report stage debate on the legislation, as the Lords earlier backed a move banning the use of pesticides near homes and public buildings or spaces.