Agriculture Act 2020
Act of ParliamentThis bill passed all stages in both Houses and received Royal Assent.
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Summary
<span>A Bill to authorise expenditure for certain agricultural and other purposes; to make provision about direct payments following the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union and about payments in response to exceptional market conditions affecting agricultural markets; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to agricultural and rural development payments and public market intervention and private storage aid; to make provision about reports on food security; to make provision about the acquisition and use of information connected with food supply chains; to confer powers to make regulations about the imposition of obligations on business purchasers of agricultural products, marketing standards, organic products and the classification of carcasses; to make provision for the recognition of associations of agricultural producers which may benefit from certain exemptions from competition law; to make provision about fertilisers; to make provision about the identification and traceability of animals; to make provision about red meat levy in Great Britain; to make provision about agricultural</span><span>tenancies; to confer power to make regulations about securing compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for connected purposes.</span>
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
16 January 2020 – 16 January 2020
- 2nd reading· Commons
3 February 2020 – 3 February 2020
- Programme motion· Commons
3 February 2020 – 3 February 2020
- Money resolution· Commons
3 February 2020 – 3 February 2020
- Committee stage· Commons
11 February 2020 – 5 March 2020
- Report stage· Commons
13 May 2020 – 13 May 2020
- 3rd reading· Commons
13 May 2020 – 13 May 2020
- 1st reading· Lords
18 May 2020 – 18 May 2020
- 2nd reading· Lords
10 June 2020 – 10 June 2020
- Committee stage· Lords
7 July 2020 – 28 July 2020
- Report stage· Lords
15 September 2020 – 22 September 2020
- 3rd reading· Lords
1 October 2020 – 1 October 2020
- Programme motion· Commons
12 October 2020 – 12 October 2020
- Consideration of Lords amendments· Commons
12 October 2020 – 12 October 2020
- Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons· Lords
20 October 2020 – 20 October 2020
- Consideration of Lords amendments· Commons
4 November 2020 – 4 November 2020
- Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons· Lords
9 November 2020 – 9 November 2020
- Royal Assent· Unassigned
11 November 2020 – 11 November 2020
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 2551.