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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-18more like thismore than 2024-03-18
answering body
Department for Business and Trade more like this
answering dept id 214 more like this
answering dept short name Business and Trade more like this
answering dept sort name Business and Trade more like this
hansard heading Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on smallholder farmers of the measures in the Intellectual Property Chapter of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership relating to the requirement for signatory countries to ratify the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 1991. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow East more like this
tabling member printed
David Linden more like this
uin 19155 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-26more like thismore than 2024-03-26
answer text <p>The UK’s accession to CPTPP will not change the UK’s existing commitments under the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).</p><p>The Government does not foresee any impacts on UK small farmers due to the UK’s legal obligations under CPTPP Article 18.7.2 because there will be no changes to the UK’s existing legislative framework in this area.</p><p>UPOV provides for plant breeders’ rights, aiming to encourage the development of new varieties of plants, with benefits such as food security and mitigating climate change.</p><p>Mechanisms are available within CPTPP to discuss issues raised by signatory countries.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham more like this
answering member printed Greg Hands more like this
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label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for David Linden remove filter