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British Agriculture and Food Labelling

Proceeding contribution from David Drew (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 February 2009. It occurred during Opposition day on British Agriculture and Food Labelling.
There is not a great deal in the motion with which I can disagree; indeed, I have supported cross-party attempts to get better labelling, so I would support that. However, the one thing that is missing is something about the sourcing of food locally. One way that the public can definitely know that whatever they buy and subsequently eat is what they believe it to be is by knowing that it is produced locally. Should there not have been something in the motion about locally produced food and the way farmers' markets have shown us the way on what people can expect?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
488 c222 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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