Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 20453
Food: Public Sector
Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Named DayQuestion
Joe Morris
Labour — Hexham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that at least half of all food purchased by the public sector is locally-produced and sustainable.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Government continues to have an ambition for half of all food supplied into the public sector to be sourced locally or certified to higher environmental standards, whilst being in line with WTO and domestic procurement obligations. Defra continues to ...
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