Summary of the Agriculture Bill 2019-20
A Bill to authorise expenditure for certain agricultural and
other purposes; to make provision about direct payments following
the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union and about
payments in response 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 reports on food security; to make
provision about the acquisition and use of information connected
with food supply chains; to confer powers to make regulations
about the imposition of obligations on business purchasers of
agricultural products, marketing standards, organic products 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 make
provision about fertilisers; to make provision about the
identification and traceability of animals; to make provision
about red meat levy in Great Britain; to make provision about
agricultural
tenancies; to confer power to make regulations about securing
compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for
connected purposes.
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