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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. Calton: :To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the meetings at which his Department has been present on the delivery of sustainable development across Government as coordinated by the Ministerial Sub-committee of Green Ministers. [165442] Miss Melanie Johnson: :The Department's Green Minister is a member of the ENV(G) Cabinet sub- Committee. Additionally, officials regularly attend working groups and other fora which report directly to ENV(G), related to the development of the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate. In particular, my officials have been closely involved in the development of procurement targets for the Framework and the Department is represented on the sustainable procurement group. As part of the public sector food procurement initiative, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is working with government departments to develop food action plans. The Department's NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency and its NHS Estates Agency have been working with DEFRA to develop a food procurement action plan which sets a framework and objectives for those Agencies and the wider National Health Service.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

165442; 420 c417-8W;420 c418W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Attendance Government departments Ministerial duties Ministers Sustainable development Department of Health Green Ministers Committee

Link

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