Member

Amendment 66 would remove food, feeding stuff and fertiliser, and plants, fruit and fungi from the excluded products in the Schedule and bring these products within the scope of the Bill’s powers. I hope the noble Baroness will not mind me saying, after the concerns expressed about the Bill in Committee, that it is refreshing for someone to be arguing for expanding the scope of the Bill’s powers. The Schedule lists a number of products excluded from the Bill’s scope. This is largely because such products are not covered by our product regulation framework but by other legislative schemes. We will of course consider any regulations made under the Bill carefully to ensure that they fit with other legislation.