Food: Public Sector
Commons · Question 75965 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Sarah Champion
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
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 23 Sep 2025
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 ...