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BAN ON BST

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1213A1: tabled on 12 May 1994

Tabled in the 1993-94 session.

This motion has been signed by 8 Members. It is an amendment to an existing motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This is an amendment to an existing motion

This motion was originally tabled by Mr Paul Tyler on 11 May 1994. This is amendment number 1.

View details of the original motion

Suggested amendment

after 'BST' insert 'notes that an attempt was made in European Standing Committee A on 9th February to have BST banned'.

Original motion text

That this House welcomes the decision of the Assembly of the European Regions, meeting in Shrewsbury, to urge the EU Council of Ministers to prolong the ban on Bovine Somatotropin for another seven years, as proposed by the Agriculture Commissioner; notes the support of the major agricultural associations of the EU for this precaution; underlines the surplus of milk in the EU and the folly of encouraging further over-production by these artificial means; urges the Council of Ministers to introduce a system of labelling, to identify milk products from countries permitting the use of BST; and demands urgent and thorough examination of the risk to consumers before any further proposals to lift the ban are considered.