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Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None I reflect on times in which those who ran nurseries also provided fruit for children, on the basis that - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Food Waste and Food Distribution - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jo Gideon (Con - Stoke-on-Trent Central) Selling more fruit and veg uncut and free from packaging also prolongs shelf life and enables customers - Speech Link
2: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) We also ensure that the food we sell includes fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. - Speech Link
3: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) Recent research has indicated that the UK could grow up to 40% of its own fruit and vegetables by using - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) As the Food Foundation recently pointed out, if poorer families were buying the lowest priced fruit and - Speech Link
5: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) The current focus is moving retailers to sell more loose fruit and vegetables so that people can buy - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) am frustrated that so much energy is going into this Bill, which could be described as low-hanging fruit - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as it was, was not immune—in fact, it was perhaps seen as low-hanging fruit - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Plant Health (Fees) (England) and Official Controls (Frequency of Checks) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) The instrument ensures that certain imported goods are not within scope of this change, including fruit - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Surplus Carbon Emissions - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) some, though not all, of our success has been to do with the fact that we have dealt with low-hanging fruit - Speech Link
2: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) sure that I would share the noble Baroness’s characterisation of getting rid of coal as low-hanging fruit - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cavity Wall Insulation - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) There is still much low-hanging fruit to progress with now that we know how cavity wall insulation can - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Food Security - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Philip Dunne (Con - Ludlow) For example, we currently import 84% of our fruit. - Speech Link
2: Jo Gideon (Con - Stoke-on-Trent Central) they mask some of the self-sufficiency challenges in particular food groups, with only 13% of fresh fruit - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) Many exports to the EU have fallen, including a 38% fall in fruit and vegetable exports, and a 7% fall - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
School Meals for Children - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) teachers of packed lunches is that they are mainly filled with bags of crisps, chocolate biscuits, fruit - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK Food Security - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) That makes our fruit and veg supply vulnerable to outside factors, as seen when a shortage of tomatoes - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) Nearly 70% of British fruit and veg farmers agree that we need tougher regulations to address the imbalance - Speech Link