Leaving the EU allowed a core desire of the UK electorate to be realised – that its laws would be decided upon and enacted by those elected to do so within the UK, including 152 areas of policy now sitting with the devolved administrations.
By leaving the EU the UK has been able to streamline the testing and approval of new medical treatments for use, without impacting patient risk and care. This is only possible due to leaving the EU and its EMA oversight.
Transporting live animals over long distances for slaughter elsewhere has long been campaigned against in the UK – but was unable to be changed due to EU Single Market laws. The UK Government is seeking to change this with an Act of Parliament.
In 2019 the EU refused to cut tariffs on Bananas. No longer bound by this, the UK is reviewing EU banana tariffs it rolled over and through CPTPP accession gave tariff concessions to Mexico and Peru. Leaving the EU is making bananas cheaper for all of us.
The burgeoning "novel foods" or cultivated meats industry is set to grow massively in the coming years, leaving the EU means we now have the capability to take something to market in the UK without having to have the sign-off from every European nation.
