Extract from committee stage (Lords) (day 2) of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Oct 28
Thursday, 29 October 2020 07:42
Lord Fox (LD):...As usual, my noble friend Lord Purvis came up with
a series of important questions, including Scotch whisky-based
ones. He came up with the revelation that there is a complete and
absolute internal contradiction in the Bill. The Government brought
forward an amendment that causes the following to happen: if
England decided to set up its own approval system and started
approving active chemicals banned in the EU, Scotland could refuse
them. Conversely, Scotland could...Request free trial
(LD):...As usual, my noble friend Lord Purvis came up with
a series of important questions, including Scotch whisky-based
ones. He came up with the revelation that there is a complete and
absolute internal contradiction in the Bill. The Government brought
forward an amendment that causes the following to happen: if
England decided to set up its own approval system and started
approving active chemicals banned in the EU, Scotland
could refuse them. Conversely, Scotland could presumably go further
than the EU ban and ban substances which England approved. That is
the Government’s position, based on an amendment they brought to
the Commons. However, he Minister has said that we must stop this
happening, and that the Bill will do that. Something is not right,
and the Minister needs to explain what is wrong...
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