Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 31553

Food: Public Sector

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Departments planned timeline is to ensure that at least 50% of all food purchased by the public sector is (a) locally produced and (b) sustainable; and what progress he has ma

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
At last month’s Oxford Farming Conference, as part of the government’s New Deal for Farmers, the Government announced a series of reforms, including, where possible, backing British produce. It was also announced that for the first time ever, the governme...

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