Public Sector Food Procurement

The hon. Gentleman always makes salient points in Westminster Hall debates. He is absolutely righ...

I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Member’s Financial Interests as chairman...

I did not expect the debate to be going in that direction, but I wholeheartedly agree with my hon...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Food security and the production of high-st...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on all his work as a member of the EFRA Committee, in which he brin...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate and on his passionate and extremely persuasi...

My hon. Friend is right to raise that point. I will take a moment to mention a national organisat...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing the debate. I thought I ...

This will be the last intervention I make. The hon. Lady and I may come from different sides of t...

I take the hon. Gentleman’s point entirely, but he has intervened on me just as I was about to sa...

Yes!

Right. According to the national school food standards, one or more portions of veg or salad has ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I thank the hon. Member for Totn...

It is nice to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I thank the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony ...

I just wonder, since he is speaking about the high standards that Scotland might have, whether th...

The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. Of course, we will always look for sustainability ...

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I congratulate the hon. Member ...

The hon. Gentleman has done a dangerous thing: it sounds like he has produced a Labour party poli...

I am always grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s interventions. He is a touch prickly, and I think h...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher, and not in the Chamber asking me diffi...

Can I just highlight again the loophole in the Government buying standards the Minister mentioned...

Of course, we want those consuming food purchased in the public sector to have access to the heal...

The Minister has been teasing us here. I think we all want to celebrate the hard work of the bril...

I think “soon” is the answer that I can give my hon. Friend. We will soon publish the consultatio...

It is not meant to all be locally produced; it is 50%. They do it in France. In the Government’s ...

My point is that it cannot all be done locally. There has to be a balance. We are committed to im...

Will the Minister give way?

I cannot let this moment pass without a final discussion of venison in our diet.

We accept that protein is an important part of a balanced diet, particularly for children. I make...

I wholly accept my hon. Friend’s argument, and it is something we are taking very seriously. DEFR...

I will not take up much time, other than to thank you, Sir Christopher, for chairing this debate,...