09/10/20 Keir Starmer on Agriculture Bill

Keir Starmer says the government aren’t working hard enough to support British farming and protect food standards.
At the start of next week the Agriculture Bill is back in the House of Commons for MPs to vote on key amendments made by the House of Lords. The one that’s got everyone talking would guarantee that any food imported to the UK must be produced to the same environmental, animal welfare and food hygiene standards we have here, so it would rule out chlorine washed chicken or hormone boosted beef from the States or elsewhere.
The National Farmers' Unions and chef Jamie Oliver have been campaigning hard to get the amendment approved by government, but the Defra Secretary George Eustice tells us that that's unlikely. He says that protecting food standards is a clear manifesto commitment for the government.

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