VoteClimate: Food and Drink: UK Economy - 1st December 2021

Food and Drink: UK Economy - 1st December 2021

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Food and Drink: UK Economy.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-12-01/debates/BC521E28-79DE-476C-BAA6-DDB9ED1C634C/FoodAndDrinkUKEconomy

17:49 Daniel Zeichner (Labour)

In the interest of time, I will not make any further points on farming and environmental land management, but we are hoping for some more information soon. Finally, I praise and thank all those in the British food and drink sector. We are fortunate to have a sector that can produce food to such good standards and to such excellent quality, and we cherish it. That is why we want a plan from the Government. We have repeatedly called on the Government to produce a plan for the sector: a plan for food, a plan to get to net zero and a plan to buy British. If the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings were here now, I would tell him, “There is a party that will do that!”, if he is dissatisfied with his own side. We want to get to a situation where people can buy our food with confidence as part of that strategy, but that strategy must also improve conditions for the workers throughout the sector who have given so much. There is plenty to celebrate, but much to be done.

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