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Originally Posted by jonbxx

We should have words with our representative for fisheries when that shellfish ban was decided and brought in back in 2011. It was a Mr Nigel Farage I believe...

Good idea. Maybe David Frost can have a word in his shell, like?

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

They are our people now, why would we make life difficult for them / we aren't France.

It's British business that we seem to be making things incredibly difficult for. This last-minute deal is fraying at the seams

Call for UK to rethink £1bn Brexit red tape plan for chemicals

Letter from 25 industry leaders warns that new regulatory system risks driving business overseas

In a strongly worded letter, seen by the Financial Times, 25 business heads said they remained “extremely concerned” about current plans for a new system of chemicals regulation, and warned it would “hit UK industry hard across a range of manufacturing sectors”.

Boris Johnson’s government is now facing protests from various sectors as the impact of the Brexit trade deal becomes clearer, ranging from musicians to shellfish exporters and traders in Northern Ireland.

But the criticism of plans to set up a British version of “Reach” — the EU system for registering chemicals — pits ministers against a broad swath of manufacturing, from chemical companies to their customers in sectors such as cars, aerospace, food and drink, steel and perfume.

The letter, addressed to ministers including chancellor Rishi Sunak, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng and environment secretary George Eustice, estimates the cost for complying with the new rules “at around £1bn” and calls on the government to adopt “a more proportionate, effective and efficient” UK Reach model to avoid causing serious harm.“

Perversely, this cost to industry for compliance for one jurisdiction will be double the £500m UK companies have already spent over the past decade in complying with EU Reach and its, now, 27 markets,” the letter adds.

It warns that UK Reach, as currently legislated for, could “lead to potential additional and repetitive animal testing” and that it could become uneconomic to register some lower quantity substances in the UK.

https://www.ft.com/content/b28a44fc-...9-683f174b13be