LOCAL FARMERS' POLICY

EDM number 2018 in 2007-08, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 10/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Countryside, Farmers, Food and Service industries.

That this House calls for the launch of local food procurement policies to be imposed on supermarkets, schools, universities and hospitals; further calls on the Government to encourage supermarkets to commit themselves to local competition policies to promote local self-reliance, regeneration of local communities and sustainable local economy; further calls for taxes on supermarket food to be based on the road and air miles that stock travels to encourage local sourcing; and notes that the current supermarket code of practice requires legal strengthening by the appointment of an independent ombudsman to secure and regulate fair trade between supermarkets and local suppliers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.