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Food: Public Sector

Commons · Question 31553 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Feb 2025

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Asked by Joe Morris

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

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Feb 2025

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...