Agriculture Bill — Commons Reasons — Motion E1 (as an amendment to Motion E) — 20 Oct 2020 at 18:45

Moved by Lord Grantchester

16B: Insert the following new Clause-“Duty to seek equivalence on agri-food standards in relation to future trade(1) When negotiating any international trade agreement containing provisions relating to the importation of agri-food products into the United Kingdom, it shall be a negotiating objective for Her Majesty’s Government to secure terms that provide for equivalence with standards applicable to domestic producers in the areas of-(a) animal health and welfare,(b) protection of the environment,(c) food safety, hygiene and traceability, and(d) plant health.(2) Before an international trade agreement can be laid before Parliament under section 20 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”), a Minister of the Crown must lay before both Houses of Parliament a statement confirming-(a) that Her Majesty’s Government has, in the Minister’s opinion, fulfilled the requirement under subsection (1),(b) whether equivalence with domestic standards has been achieved,(c) any exemptions provided for individual products, and(d) in relation to subparagraphs (b) and (c), the Minister’s reasons for this being the case.(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply if-(a) the international trade agreement is a continuation or revision of an agreement to which the United Kingdom was a party prior to IP completion day, whether as a direct signatory or by virtue of membership of the European Union, or(b) the international trade agreement is with one or more least developed countries and, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, seeking equivalence on standards would present an unfair impediment to trade for the country or countries.(4) In addition to the requirements under the 2010 Act, chapters of a relevant international trade agreement may not be ratified unless the conditions in subsections (5) and (6) have been met.(5) The condition in this subsection is that the chapters have been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons on a motion moved by a Minister of the Crown.(6) The condition in this subsection is that a motion for the House of Lords to take note of the chapters has been tabled in the House of Lords by a Minister of the Crown and-(a) the House of Lords has debated the motion, or(b) the House of Lords has not concluded a debate on the motion before the end of the period of five Lords sitting days beginning with the first Lords sitting day after the day on which the House of Commons passes the resolution mentioned in subsection (5).(7) In this section-“chapters” means any individual section or sections of an international trade agreement;“international trade agreement” means-(a) an agreement that is or was notifiable under-(i) paragraph 7(a) of Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, part of Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement (as modified from time to time), or(ii) paragraph 7(a) of Article V of the General Agreement on Trade in Services, part of Annex 1B to the WTO Agreement (as modified from time to time), or(b) an international agreement that mainly relates to trade, other than an agreement mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii);“least developed countries” means any country on the United Nations Committee for Development’s List of Least Developed Countries, as amended from time to time;“Lords sitting day” means a day on which the House of Lords is sitting (and a day is only a day on which the House of Lords is sitting if the House begins to sit on that day); “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;“ratified” has the same meaning as in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.””

Ayes 282, Noes 244.

Debate in Parliament |

Public Whip is run as a free not-for-profit service. If you'd like to support us, please consider switching your (UK) electricity and/or gas to Octopus Energy or tip us via Ko-Fi.

Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop1 03.8%
Con4 20579.5%
Crossbench38 2837.9%
DUP5 0100.0%
Green2 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 050.0%
Independent Ulster Unionist0 1100.0%
Judge1 115.4%
Lab134 074.0%
LDem81 091.0%
Non-affiliated13 937.9%
PC1 0100.0%
UUP1 050.0%
Total:282 24464.4%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
The Earl of ArranConaye
Lord Deben Conaye
Lord Glenarthur Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Hodgson of AbingerCon (front bench)aye
Lord Aberdare Crossbenchno
Viscount Brookeborough Crossbenchno
Lord Carey of CliftonCrossbenchno
Lord Carlile of BerriewCrossbenchno
Lord Carrington Crossbenchno
Lord Chartres Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of Cork and OrreryCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Craigavon Crossbenchno
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Dannatt Crossbenchno
Baroness Deech Crossbenchno
The Earl of DevonCrossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Baroness Hogg Crossbenchno
Lord Janvrin Crossbenchno
Lord Kakkar Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of LyttonCrossbenchno
Lord Macpherson of Earl's CourtCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Pannick Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Prashar Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Stirrup Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Vaux of HarrowdenCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Walker of AldringhamCrossbenchno
Baroness Watkins of TavistockCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Waverley Crossbenchno
Lord Austin of DudleyNon-affiliatedno
Lord Bhatia Non-affiliatedno
Baroness Fox of BuckleyNon-affiliatedno
Lord Gadhia Non-affiliatedno
Lord Lupton Non-affiliatedno
Lord Mann Non-affiliatedno
Lord Moore of EtchinghamNon-affiliatedno
Baroness Stuart of EdgbastonNon-affiliatedno
Lord Taylor of WarwickNon-affiliatedno

About the Project

The Public Whip is a not-for-profit, open source website created in 2003 by Francis Irving and Julian Todd and now run by Bairwell Ltd.

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive