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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 2551

Agriculture Act 2020

[As Introduced]
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<span>A Bill to authorise expenditure for certain agricultural and other purposes; to make provision about direct payments following the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union and about payments in response to exceptional market conditions affecting agricultural markets; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to agricultural and rural development payments and public market intervention and private storage aid; to make provision about reports on food security; to make provision about the acquisition and use of information connected with food supply chains; to confer powers to make regulations about the imposition of obligations on business purchasers of agricultural products, marketing standards, organic products and the classification of carcasses; to make provision for the recognition of associations of agricultural producers which may benefit from certain exemptions from competition law; to make provision about fertilisers; to make provision about the identification and traceability of animals; to make provision about red meat levy in Great Britain; to make provision about agricultural</span><span>tenancies; to confer power to make regulations about securing compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for connected purposes.</span>

Presented by George Eustice
supported by Lord Gardiner of Kimble.
✓ Passed into lawPublicCommonsRoyal Assent
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MPs' vote571 MPs
63% Ayes · 36037% Noes · 211

Commons division: Agriculture Bill: Third Reading, 13 May 2020

Gap between site voters and MPs

12 percentage points, a moderate gap

Sponsored by

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George Eustice
ConservativeCamborne and Redruth

Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading16 Jan 2020
  • 2nd reading3 Feb 2020
  • Committee stage11 Feb 2020
  • Report stage13 May 2020
  • 3rd reading13 May 2020

Lords

  • 1st reading18 May 2020
  • 2nd reading10 Jun 2020
  • Committee stage7 Jul 2020
  • Report stage15 Sept 2020
  • 3rd reading1 Oct 2020
Royal Assent11 Nov 2020