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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. When visiting the local Co-op shop last night on my way home from Parliament, I noticed that shoppers were being presented with bags emblazoned with the words, “100% compostable”. These bags were perfectly serviceable for the job that they were asked to do. Given that this technology is now …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What steps the Church Commissioners are taking to promote the Bishop of Truro’s inquiry into the persecution of Christians. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. I wholeheartedly support her in congratulating the Foreign Secretary and the Bishop of Truro on producing the report, which highlights the persecution of Christians not only on a large scale, as we saw in places such as Sri Lanka, but on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 May 2019
Environment and Climate Change

"Will my right hon. Friend give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 May 2019
Environment and Climate Change

"I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way. I know that he, like me, will be celebrating Staffordshire Day today and praising the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust for the work it does to protect our environment. May I draw his attention to the fact that we have just gone through …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"3. What steps he is taking to tackle serious and organised waste crime. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Landowners, and particularly farmers, across Burton and Uttoxeter have been having to deal with the scourge of industrial fly-tipping. One farmer who I met in Uttoxeter was confronted overnight with a tsunami-like deposit of waste that was chest-height and went on for hundreds of metres. It was he who had …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Feb 2019
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"Mr Les Stretton from Stapenhill in my constituency is a regular correspondent, but he is one of many constituents who have written to me expressing concern about the possible implications of a new trade deal with other countries as we leave the European Union, including a possible impact on the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Feb 2019
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"I am sure the Leader of the House will agree that it is not just church buildings that are of importance; it is the people within them and the work they do. Just two weeks ago I was able to do a tour of all the churches in Uttoxeter in …..."
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Written Question
Food: Procurement
Thursday 7th July 2016

Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress is being made on ensuring that government departments buy more British food.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

All fresh milk served in government establishments and more than 90% of butter and cheese served is made from British milk. This represents £11 million of business for British dairy farmers.

We are working with all central Departments to ensure their food and catering contracts comply with the balanced scorecard approach.

The Ministry of Justice recently launched a tender for supplying food to prisons, worth £500m, which requires bids to use the balanced scorecard. From April this year all 30 million portions of UHT milk supplied to prisons each year is 100% British milk. We are working with MoD to develop the best way to embed the balanced scorecard into their forthcoming contracts for the Armed Forces at home and abroad.