Food: Procurement
Commons · Question 1262 · Tabled 23 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Steve Barclay
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatability of mandating a minimum quota of domestic products in public procurement contracts for food with Britain's membership of the World Trade
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 26 Jul 2024
The Government has ambition to source half of all food served in public sector settings from local producers or that has been produced by growers certified to higher environmental standards, where possible. We want to use the purchasing power of the publi...