Topical question asked in the House of Commons, by Jane Kennedy (Labour). It was answered on Thursday, 29 October 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Topical Questions
- Question
- May I ask my hon. Friend the Minister to reinforce what he said in the earlier part of Question Time by gently saying to Lord Stern that, during British sausage week, we celebrate a varied diet and the value that it brings; that it should be a question of "all things in moderation"; and that if it is being suggested that vegetarianism will save the world, I am not sure that it is a world in which I want to live?
- Answer
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I am happy to accept the prompts of my right hon. Friend and to ensure that we communicate her comments and our view—which is clearly the view of the House—to Sir Nicholas Stern. One of the things that I ought to have mentioned earlier is that dealing with the waste of 30 to 40 per cent. of all the food that we buy from supermarkets is a far more crucial way of dealing with the problem of emissions. We should be focusing on that.
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 498 c438
- Session
- 2008-09
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- 1st Supplementary
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Climate change Food
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