Written questions

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...