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Public Sector Food Procurement

Proceeding contribution from Mark Spencer (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 December 2023. It occurred during Debate on Public Sector Food Procurement.

I think “soon” is the answer that I can give my hon. Friend. We will soon publish the consultation findings, alongside the updated standards and guidance I talked about. We want to showcase the sustainable, high-welfare, quality produce that the public sector can procure. I will probably have to let the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) down and say that we will not deliver before Christmas, but I do not think she will have long to wait after that, because we want to get on with this—we want to procure the best food for our local schools.

I hear the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) assuring us that he is going to procure only local food. If I am being honest, I do not believe him. I hope that the model used by Labour-controlled Exeter City Council, which has denied people the right to have meat in their diet, will not be followed nationally.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
742 c297WH 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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