I write as I wonder how many Isle of Wight people are aware of the dangers entailed in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill which is currently being rushed through Parliament?

Are people aware that there is a grave danger of the people of this nation being fed meat from animals which have been fed antibiotics and growth hormones, if the EU safeguards against such are dropped?

Our own farmers will lose out if this cheaper meat is permitted to be sold in our shops, with all the inherent dangers that such cheap meat contains; dangers which EU law safeguarded us against.

As the law stands our animals have some of the highest standards of protection and care in the world, of which we are justly proud.

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These protections should not be sold down the river by permitting cheap, dubious imports to be sitting on our dinner plates.

Neither do we want GM foods to be allowed, which we fought so hard to prevent. Cross pollination of GM plants with other related plants could be catastrophic to the genome security of those related plants both in cultivation, and in the wild.

Furthermore the above Bill may overturn the current protection of wetlands and peatlands, where conservation work to restore such habitats has been ongoing, since common cranes returned to this country in the 1970s, after they were hunted to extinction, in the UK, in the 17th century.

What is more, other species like bitterns benefit, as do numerous other species of fauna and flora.

We must not undo such sterling work to save, through habitat restoration, some of our key wildlife.

Now that these dangers are more widely known, farmers, conservationists, the RSPB and  numerous other organisations are deeply worried; we, too, need to be highly concerned both for our own safety, that of our children, future generations, and for the wildlife in our land.

It is incumbent upon us all to let our MP and Government know of our deep concerns about the critical dangers inherent in this Bill;  far more time and consideration must be given than is currently the case.

We do not want numerous vital babies to be thrown out with their bathwaters, as a result of this Bill.

There is little doubt that some EU law needs to be reformed. However, we should all be truly, very concerned about the unwarranted, excessive haste, underway, to oust EU law.