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Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the introduction of mandatory food waste reporting.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the introduction of mandatory food waste reporting.

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. No recent discussions have taken place between the Secretary of State and Cabinet colleagues on the subject of mandatory food waste reporting. This Government has...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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