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  Agriculture Bill - New Clause 7 - Coronavirus Emergency Food Plan
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a the production of a "coronavirus emergency food plan" covering, among other matters: cost, availability, safety and supply chain resilience. 
  @ MP voted no not to require a the production of a "coronavirus emergency food plan" covering, among other matters: cost, availability, safety and supply chain resilience. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require a the production of a "coronavirus emergency food plan" covering, among other matters: cost, availability, safety and supply chain resilience. 
  
  MPs were considering the Agriculture Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Coronavirus emergency food plan'' and began:
  
  :(1) The Secretary of State must, within six months of Royal Assent being given to this Act, prepare and lay before Parliament a document (a âcoronavirus emergency food planâ) setting out measures to address the impact of coronavirus and coronavirus disease, and action taken in response, upon the supply of food.
  
  :(2) The coronavirus emergency food plan must assess and addressâ
  
  :(a) the matters listed in [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0106/cbill_2019-20210106_en_3.htm#pt2-ch1-l1g17 section 17(2)];
  
  :(b) the following mattersâ
  
  :(i) the incidence of hunger, malnutrition and food poverty measured (a) nationally and (b) by local authority area;
  
  :(ii) the level of demand for emergency food aid and the adequacy of services to meet that demand;
  
  :(iii) the availability, distribution and affordability of nutritious and healthy food;
  
  :(iv) the ease of access to nutritious and healthy food across different socio-economic groups and communities;
  
  :(v) the functioning of the food supply chain, including stock levels of individual food items and any cross-border issues impacting upon the import and export of food; and
  
  :(vi) the level of any financial assistance provided by a public authority to farmers, growers and the fishing and fish processing sectors as a result of coronavirus or coronavirus disease.
  
  :(3) The plan may take account of information provided in response to a requirement under [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/section/25/enacted section 25 of the Coronavirus Act 2020] (power to require information relating to food supply chains), subject to the restrictions on the use and disclosure of information set out in [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/section/27/enacted section 27 of that Act (restrictions on use and disclosure of information)].
  
  The rejected new clause went on to define some of the terms used within it. 
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
  
  :"This new clause would require the Secretary of State lay before Parliament a coronavirus emergency food plan, within six months of Royal Assent.
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-21/agriculture.html Parliament's webpage on the Agriculture Bill]
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