motion_title: Clause 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS
motion_text: Amendment proposed: 39, page 5, line 21, at end insert—
  “(7A) If an exemption is granted under Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, which is likely to affect species covered by an environmental improvement plan—
  (a) a report must be laid before Parliament within one month of the exemption decision on the likely effects of the exemption on populations of—
  (i) bees,
  (ii) other pollinators, and
  (iii) other species,
  (b) the scientific advice given to ministers relating to the exemption must be published as an addendum to the report, and
  (c) a Minister of the Crown must, not later than one month after the report is laid before Parliament under paragraph (8), move a Motion in the House of Commons in relation to the report.
  (7B) The requirement in subsection (7A) shall apply retrospectively to exemptions granted within the last 12 months of the coming into force of this Act.”—(Luke Pollard.)