Moved by
Lord Purvis of Tweed
8: Clause 2, page 2, line 37, at end insert—
“( ) Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision for the purpose of implementing an international trade agreement only if—
(a) the provisions of that international trade agreement do not conflict with, and are consistent with—
(i) the provisions of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015,
(ii) international human rights law and international humanitarian law,
(iii) the United Kingdom’s obligations on workers’ rights and labour standards as established by, but not limited to, the commitments under the International Labour Organisation’s Declaration on Fundamental Rights at Work and its Follow-up Conventions,
(iv) the United Kingdom’s environmental obligations in international law and as established by, but not limited to, the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the Convention on Biological Diversity, including the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
(v) existing standards for food safety and quality as set and administered by the Department of Health, the Food Standards Agency and any other public authority specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State,
(vi) the United Kingdom’s obligations as established by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and
(vii) the sovereignty of Parliament, the legal authority of UK courts, the rule of law and the principle of equality before the law,
(b) the provisions of that international trade agreement do not in any way restrict the ability to determine whether public services at a national or local level are delivered by public sector employees, and
(c) the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament an assessment of the potential economic, social, human rights and environmental impacts of the international trade agreement on the contracting parties.”