United Kingdom Internal Market Bill – in the House of Commons at 6:00 pm on 29 September 2020.
Amendment made: 21, page 10, line 26, at end insert—
“(10A) A reference (however expressed) to the production of anything includes—
(a) cultivation, harvesting and similar activities (in relation to plants or fungi) and
(b) rearing, keeping, handling, killing and similar activities (in relation to livestock or other animals).”—(Paul Scully.)
The amendment clarifies, for the purposes of Part 1 that references to production include various activities carried out in relation to plants or fungi or to livestock or other (live) animals.
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