PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Food: Waste Management (27 June 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations the Government has made on proposals from the European Parliament to set a mandatory target to halve EU food waste by 2030 and to introduce a food waste hierarchy as part of trialogue discussions between the European Commission, the European Parliament and European Council on the Circular Economy package.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The UK has been actively engaged in the European Council’s discussions on the EU Circular Economy Package at both Ministerial and official level. In May, the Presidency of the Council started trilogue discussions with the European Parliament.

Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
3 July 2017