• HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Whether a producer is prohibited from producing or selling has zero affect on the UK consumer. I agree that a ban on production would be good, but in the vast majority of cases these are overseas producers, so that can’t be legislated for.

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      1 year ago

      Then wouldn’t we regulate the imports.

      No Asda you can’t import from X because they do Y?

      Not trying to argue here, just want to be more informed.

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        1 year ago

        I very much doubt that there are any products being imported - because they can’t be sold - so no need to regulate that.

        The only thing I can see where a ban on production would help with is if the UK was home to a big manufacturer-exporter of straws etc. But that doesn’t seem very likely.

        Appreciate thr discussion and happy to have my position changed if I’m on the wrong track