Gill Furniss consistently voted for requiring imported goods to meet domestic standards

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Major votes

• On 9 Feb 2021: Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Trade Bill — International Trade Agreements and Treaties Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • the preservation of environmental protections after withdrawal from the EU
• On 4 Nov 2020: Gill Furniss voted to make requiring agricultural and food imports to meet standards equivalent to domestic standards in areas including food safety, the environment and animal health, an objective when negotiating international trade agreements. Show vote
• On 12 Oct 2020: Gill Furniss voted to require agricultural and food imports to meet or exceed relevant domestic standards. Show vote
• On 20 Jul 2020: Gill Furniss voted to require imported agricultural goods to meet animal health and welfare, environmental, plant health, food safety and other standards which are at least as high as those which apply to UK produced agricultural goods. Show vote

Minor votes

• On 19 Jan 2021: Gill Furniss voted to require changes to standards in pursuit of an international trade agreement to be approved by Parliament prior to Parliament considering the agreement itself, and to give devolved administrations a veto over such changes. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • transferring more powers to the Senedd/Welsh Parliament
  • transferring more powers to the Scottish Parliament
  • more powers for the devolved administration in Northern Ireland