ACCURACY IN FOOD LABELLING

Early day motion 445, tabled 29 February 2000 by Stephen O'Brien (Conservative). Signed by 70 members.

That this House, noting the Prime Minister's statement in his speech to the National Farmers' Union of Tuesday 1st February, in which he promised to introduce new labelling guidance to make sure foreign goods are not passed off as British simply because they have been processed in Britain, calls on the Prime Minister and Her Majesty's Government to support and give speedy passage to the Food Labelling Bill introduced by the honourable Member for Eddisbury which would put the full force of the law behind clear, simple and honest labelling, address those very concerns on labelling raised in the Prime Minister's speech and provide for a fair deal on labelling for both consumers and farmers.

Signatures by party: Conservative 52, Liberal Democrat 15, UUP 2, Labour 1.