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Formal Minutes of the Committee Session 2019–21 House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Formal Minutes of the Committee Session 2019–21 Formal Minutes of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Session 2019–21 Formal Minutes WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020 Members present: Neil Parish, in the Chair1 Geraint Davies Robbie Moore Dave Doogan Mrs Sheryll Murray Rosie Duffield Mr Toby Perkins Mary Glindon Julian Sturdy Dr Neil Hudson Derek Thomas 1. Declaration of interests Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Confidentiality and Privilege The Committee considered this matter. 3. Committee working practices Resolved, That the Committee examine witnesses in public, except where it otherwise orders. Resolved, That witnesses who submit written evidence to the Committee are authorised to publish it on their own account in accordance with Standing Order No. 135, subject always to the discretion of the Chair or where the Committee otherwise orders. Resolved, That the Committee shall not consider individual cases. Resolved, That the Committee delegated the following matters to the Chair: 1 Elected by the House (Standing Order No 122B) 29 January 2020 (Votes and Proceedings 29 January 2020). a) Agreeing the circulated agenda for Committee meetings; b) Engaging in correspondence on Committee matters which is not sufficiently significant to require approval by the Committee or is of a routine nature; c) Arranging informal meetings in Westminster on matters relating to the Committee’s remit; d) Authorising the issue of press notices about forthcoming evidence sessions, new inquiries and reports; e) Proposing reports to the Liaison Committee for debate in Westminster Hall; f) Taking decisions which are consequential on matters already decided by the Committee or which are urgent. 4. Future programme Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the Agriculture Bill and trade standards. Resolved, That the Committee inquire into flooding. Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from the Secretary of State on the work of his Department. Resolved, That the Committee hold a pre-appointment hearing with the prospective Chair of the Office of Environmental Protection. 5. Evidence reported for publication Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication: Beef prices: Correspondence from the Group Quality Director, Tesco PLC, relating to beef prices, dated 18 December 2019. Puppy smuggling: Correspondence from the Minister for Pacific and the Environment relating to Puppy smuggling, dated 10 February 2020. Water resources infrastructure: Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Rebecca Pow), relating to water resources infrastructure, dated 10 February 2020. 6. Spending Review 2020 Ordered, That the Chair write to the Secretary of State in relation to Spending Review 2020. 7. DEFRA and Ofwat Supplementary Estimates 2019-20 Ordered, That the Supplementary Estimates memoranda and annexes relating to DEFRA and the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) be reported to the House for publication. [Adjourned till Wednesday 11 March at 9.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2020 Members present: Neil Parish, in the Chair Geraint Davies Mr Toby Perkins Dave Doogan Julian Sturdy Robbie Moore Derek Thomas Mrs Sheryll Murray 1. Future programme Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Labour in the food supply chain. 2. Plastic food and drink packaging Draft Special Report (Plastic Food and Drink Packaging: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixteenth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Sixteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19 in the last Parliament was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 3. Beyond the Common Fisheries Policy: Scrutiny of the Fisheries Bill Draft Special Report (Beyond the Common Fisheries Policy: Scrutiny of the Fisheries Bill: Government Response to the Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Eleventh Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19 in the last Parliament was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 4. An Update on Rural Connectivity Draft Special Report (An Update on Rural Connectivity: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventeenth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s response to the Seventeenth Report from the Committee of Session 2017- 19 in the last Parliament was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 5. Reporting of Written Evidence Resolved, That, where the Committee has evidence, including sent or received correspondence, which, in the Chair's judgement, merits publication by the Committee before it will meet again, the Chair shall have discretion to report it to the House for publication provided that the evidence or correspondence concerned shall have been circulated to the Committee and all members shall have been given the opportunity to object to such publication before it takes place. 6. Agriculture Bill and trade standards Resolved, That the Committee supports the following amendment being made to the Agriculture Bill: To move the following clause — International trade agreements: agricultural and food products (1) A Minister of the Crown may not lay a copy of an international trade agreement before Parliament under section 20(1) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 that contains provisions relating to the importation of agricultural and food products into the UK unless they have first made a statement confirming that— (a) the agreement contains an affirmation of the United Kingdom’s rights and obligations under the World Trade Organisation Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement, and (b) any agricultural or food products imported into the UK under the agreement will, to the best of the Secretary of State’s knowledge, have been produced according to standards which are equivalent to, or which exceed, the relevant domestic standards and regulations in relation to— (i) animal health and welfare, (ii) plant health, and (iii) environmental protection. (2) A statement under subsection (1) shall be laid before each House of Parliament. (3) Before the first statement under subsection (1) may be made, the Secretary of State must by regulations specify: (a) the process by which the Secretary of State will determine— (i) that the standards to which any agricultural or food product imported into the UK under a trade agreement is produced are equivalent to, or exceed, the relevant domestic standards and regulations in relation to animal health and welfare, plant health and environmental protection, and (ii) that the enforcement of those standards in the place that any agricultural or food product imported into the UK under an international trade agreement are produced or processed is equivalent to, or exceeds, in effectiveness the enforcement of the equivalent domestic standards and regulations in the UK. (b) the “relevant domestic standards and regulations” for the purposes of subsections (1)(b) and (3)(a)(i). (4) The Secretary of State may make regulations amending any regulations made under subsection (3). (5) Regulations under subsection (3) or (4) shall be made under the affirmative procedure. (6) In this section— “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 sub-paragraph (i) or (ii); “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975; “World Trade Organisation Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement” means the agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, part of Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement (as modified from time to time); “WTO Agreement” means the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994.” Emily Rees, Managing Director, Trade Strategies; James West, Senior Policy Manager, Compassion in World Farming; and Nick von Westenholz, Director of EU Exit and International Trade, National Farmers’ Union, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Tuesday 24 March at 2.15 p.m. Publication of special reports, 30 March (Order made during the adjournment (Standing Order No. 137) [reported to the House on 21 April]) Fourth Special Report: Coastal flooding and erosion, and adaptation to climate change: Interim Report: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2019 After consulting all Members of the Committee, the Chair was satisfied that the Special Report represented a decision of the majority of the Committee and reported it to the House. (Order of the House of 24 March 2020). Fifth Special Report: Scrutiny of the Agriculture Bill: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2017-19 After consulting all Members of the Committee, the Chair was satisfied that the Special Report represented a decision of the majority of the Committee and reported it to the House. (Order of the House of 24 March 2020). Resolution reported to the House 3 April (Order of the House of 24 March 2020).
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