United Kingdom Internal Market Bill – in the House of Commons at 6:00 pm on 29 September 2020.
Amendments made: 35, page 5, line 39, , leave out “Local goods” and insert “Goods (“the other goods”)”.
This amendment and Amendments 36 to 38 correct a drafting error. Clause 7(4) helps to determine whether or not goods are “local goods”, so should not be worded as applying only to “local goods”.
Amendment 36, page 5, line 42, leave out “local” and insert “other”.
See the explanatory statement for Amendment 35.
Amendment 37, page 6, line 2, leave out “local” and insert “other”.
See the explanatory statement for Amendment 35.
Amendment 38, page 6, line 5, leave out “local” and insert “other”.—(Paul Scully.)
See the explanatory statement for Amendment 35.
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