Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75965

Food: Public Sector

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for ensuring that half of all food purchased across the public sector is (a) locally produced and (b) certified to higher environment standards.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government is open to considering all lawful means of achieving its ambition that half of all food purchased across the public sector should be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. As a first step, we will be reviewing the ...

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