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Scheduled Event - Friday 18th March
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Commons - Private Members' Bills - Main Chamber
Trade Agreements (Parliamentary Scrutiny and Farming) Bill 2021-22
MP: Tim Farron
Bill Documents
16 Mar 2022 - Bill
Bill 207 2021-22 (as introduced)
Trade Agreements (Parliamentary Scrutiny and Farming) Bill 2021-22
Bill
Trade Agreements (Parliamentary Scrutiny and Farming) Bill 2021-22
Presented by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Summary

A Bill to provide for parliamentary approval of trade agreements; to place a duty on the Secretary of State to consider UK agricultural, environmental and animal welfare standards when negotiating trade agreements; to require the Trade and Agriculture Commission to assess the effects of potential trade agreements on farming, the rural environment and animal welfare and to produce associated reports; to require the Secretary of State to lay such reports before Parliament; and for connected purposes.