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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 October 2024

Debate

Procurement Act 2023

Contribution

My Lords, in their manifesto, the Government committed themselves “through public sector targets to source locally-produced food” to help farmers. We on this side would applaud that, but how does the Minister square that with the terms of the Procurement Act, which prevents farmers and others from bidding to be sources of food in schools, prisons and hospitals?

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