NAMA NEGOTIATIONS ON NON-TARIFF BARRIERS (7th NOVEMBER 2005)

That this House notes that important environmental standards and labelling have been put at risk by the current World Trade Organisation's negotiations on non-agricultural market access; further notes that important energy saving initiatives to help combat climate change are similarly at risk; and urges the Government, which promised to deliver a sustainable approach to trade in the UK Sustainable Development Strategy, to fulfil this promise by preventing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) from weakening environmental standards in the name of removing barriers to trade, and to ensure that the UK continues to uphold such standards if the WTO perseveres.