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Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill

Debate on bills on Friday, 1 April 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Richard Bacon. The answering member was Lord Benyon.
Second reading. Debate adjourned. To be resumed on 21 October.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

526 c694-712 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Legislative stage

Second reading

Procedure

Private members' bills proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill. (vote).
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Bills
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Richard Bacon | 526 c711-2 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that my hon. Friend has pointed out that we have a lot of mandatory labelling already...
Lord Benyon | 526 c712 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to discuss my hon. Friend's points about jurisprudence with him. I want to ensure that th...

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Christopher Pincher | 526 c707 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point that food from animals born, reared and slaughtered in this countr...
Gavin Shuker | 526 c710 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point about labelling. It is not just about food; the debate ...
Lord Benyon | 526 c710-1 (Link to this contribution) I pay a warm tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr Bacon) and applaud his tenac...
Gavin Shuker | 526 c709 (Link to this contribution) Time is short, so I shall try to keep my remarks as brief as possible. The hon. Member for Bury Nort...
Christopher Pincher | 526 c710 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman clearly supports honesty in food labelling, but does he support an extension of t...
Christopher Chope | 526 c708 (Link to this contribution) We know that the Bill is supported by the Prime Minister, so does my hon. Friend agree that it would...
David Nuttall | 526 c708 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with my hon. Friend, which is why I do not wish to continue my remarks for too lon...
David Nuttall | 526 c707-8 (Link to this contribution) I will be brief because I am sure that the House wants to hear from the Minister. I begin by declari...
Richard Bacon | 526 c697-701 (Link to this contribution) I will. I shall be citing a number of cases that have been heard in the European courts, which illus...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 526 c704 (Link to this contribution) There are occasions during a test match at Old Trafford when the rain falling can be the best possib...
Richard Bacon | 526 c704 (Link to this contribution) I took the trouble to mention kangaroo meat, and how it would not be affected by my Bill. I have no ...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 526 c704-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that. I am greatly relieved, because I thought he was going to propose th...
Richard Bacon | 526 c705 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, who is being generous in giving way, prompts me to intervene again on the question o...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 526 c701-2 (Link to this contribution) It is interesting to reflect that the key aspects of both this and the previous Bill end up essentia...
Richard Bacon | 526 c702 (Link to this contribution) I am inclined to remark in parenthesis that although my hon. Friend is not a member of the establish...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 526 c702-3 (Link to this contribution) I completely understand my hon. Friend's concern about introducing a ““notwithstanding”” clause, bec...
David Nuttall | 526 c704 (Link to this contribution) I must intervene on that point. The best quality rain, if that is what I heard my hon. Friend say, m...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 526 c705-6 (Link to this contribution) That seems perfectly reasonable. With regard to the Bill, I suppose that, as we are in the United Ki...
Richard Bacon | 526 c694 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. This is my fourth attempt to bring in a Bil...
David Nuttall | 526 c694-5 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that my hon. Friend has set out his arguments in the House before, but I and other Memb...
Edward Leigh | 526 c697 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support my hon. Friend's Bill, but I wonder what other countries in the EU do. It is diff...
Richard Bacon | 526 c695-7 (Link to this contribution) I hear what my hon. Friend says, and I will set out a précis of the arguments for his benefit and fo...
Edward Leigh | 526 c706-7 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr Bacon) and his Bill. It would be ...
Edward Leigh | 526 c707 (Link to this contribution) We can discuss that. What the public want to know—and let us not get too technical about this—is whe...

Subjects

EU law
Food
Labelling
Meat
Meat products
Origin marking

Legislation

Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill 2010-12

Link

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