Oral Question·Scotland Office
“What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of support for the Scottish tidal power sector.”
Tabled: 7 December 2021Answered: 15 December 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Scotland
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs (Daniel Zeichner)
We have a strong ambition that half of all food purchased across the public sector should be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. The new national procurement policy statement requires Government contracts to favour products that are certified to higher environmental standards, which we believe British producers, operating to higher standards, will be well placed to supply.