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.
House of Commons
Kerry McCarthyLabour (Co-op)
12 May 2016
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This bill would require the government to set up a scheme of incentives to follow the food waste reduction hierarchy and to persuade individuals, businesses and public bodies to waste less food. It would impose a target of at least a 30% reduction in food waste by 2025 on large supermarkets, manufacturers and distributors, and require them to enter into formal agreements with food redistribution organisations. It would also require these big players to disclose the level of food waste in their supply chains.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons and originated in the Commons; it has not progressed beyond this stage based on the provided information.
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9 Sept 2015
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.
