EU-UK SPS Agreement: Food-related Standards Debate
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Lord Redwood
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EU-UK SPS Agreement: Food-related Standards
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Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
Clearly, we are discussing this area with the EU. One of the approaches that we have around the new technologies, whether you are talking about gene editing or novel foods, is that it is important that we are able to strengthen the UK’s credibility as an innovative regulator, bringing in these new technologies. We are very proud of our scientific community and of the work being done in these areas, and we will continue to support them to the best of our ability.
Lord Redwood (Con)
Under dynamic alignment, will we be able to block a measure which we think is anti-innovation but which the EU asserts is not?