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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Neil Parish (Conservative), on Thursday, 11 February 2021, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 64 members in total.

Support to tackle food waste

That this House recognises the valuable work of FareShare, the UK’s biggest charity fighting hunger and food waste, in providing two million meals per week to people in need during the covid-19 pandemic; acknowledges that it is deeply regrettable that two million tonnes of food goes to waste in the UK every year, as well as noting that food waste has a significant negative environmental impact, which can be mitigated by FareShare’s work with British farmers and the food industry to divert waste food to people’s plates through their Surplus With Purpose scheme; and encourages the Government to continue to support FareShare in that endeavour.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

Support to tackle food waste (1497A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Wera Hobhouse (primary, Liberal Democrat) and tabled on Friday, 12 March 2021. It has been signed by 7 members in total.
At end, add "; and furthermore, this House recognises the valuable work of other organisations in the surplus food redistribution sector and acknowledges the benefits of an agile and diverse network, which is able to receive surplus food in the UK in a collaborative manner, and to ensure that surplus food reaches more end beneficiaries until such time that food poverty levels are reduced."

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1497 
1497A1 
Session
2019-21
Other sponsors
Jonathan Edwards
John McDonnell
Mike Penning
Paula Barker
Gordon Henderson
Subjects
Food Waste FareShare
Link
View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk