Brineflow chairman John Fuller OBE was introduced to the House of Lords as Lord Fuller of Gorleston-on-Sea last week. He was one of eight Conservative Party nominations for life peerages made by the prime minister Rishi Sunak last...
Parliament has now cleared the legislation to make it easier to conduct field trial research in England involving plants produced by new genetic technologies such as gene-editing. This is still banned in the EU. The plant breeding...
Last week saw the House of Lords adopt two Agriculture Bill amendments that were rejected by the House of Commons the week before. The amendment from Labour peer Lord Grantchester to require food imports to meet UK standards of animal welfare and food safety, which...
The Agriculture Bill setting out proposals for a UK agriculture policy had its second reading at the House of Commons on Wednesday this week. The one day debate, with contributions from 69 MPs, now passes to the House of Lords which may propose amendments. The draft...
The government’s desire to secure free trade deals outside the EU could conflict with the UK’s reputation for animal welfare and its stringent livestock production systems, warns a House of Lords report. Brexit: Farm Animal Welfare, follows on from the House of Lords’...
The House of Lords’ EU Committee has released a report titled Brexit: Agriculture to scrutinise the implications on the industry of the UK’s leaving the European Union.The Lords warn that the UK government is giving mixed messages to the agricultural sector. “Its...