A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for a scheme to establish incentives to implement and encourage observance of the food waste reduction hierarchy; to encourage individuals, businesses and public bodies to reduce the amount of food they waste; to require large supermarkets, manufacturers and distributors to reduce their food waste by no less than 30 per cent by 2025 and to enter into formal agreements with food redistribution organisations; to require large supermarkets and food manufacturers to disclose levels of food waste in their supply chain; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would set up a government scheme of incentives to promote following the food waste reduction hierarchy and push individuals, businesses and public bodies to waste less food. It requires large supermarkets, manufacturers and distributors to cut their food waste by at least 30% by 2025 and to enter formal agreements with food redistribution organisations, while also mandating transparency by disclosing waste levels in their supply chains.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage, then report and third readings, before potentially moving to the Lords.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 9 September 2015 under the Ten Minute Rule. This allows an MP to make his or her case for a new bill in a speech lasting up to ten minutes. An opposing speech may also be made before the House decides whether or not the bill should be introduced. If the MP is successful the bill is taken to have had its first reading.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
