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Food: Public Sector

Commons · Question 42454 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

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Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press notice entitled Government announces reforms to boost profits for farmers with a cast iron commitment to food production, published on 9 January 2025, wheth

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Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 7 Apr 2025

At the Oxford Farming Conference in January, I announced that, for the first time ever, the government will review food currently bought in Government Departments and the wider public sector, including where it is bought from. This is in line with the Nat...