Food: Waste

Baroness Knight of Collingtree Excerpts

Thursday 17th January 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord De Mauley]

No, my Lords. We do not plan to ban all food waste to landfill. However, we are making significant progress and we will continue to make significant progress—building, I may say, in a spirit of friendliness, on progress made by the previous Government.

[Baroness Knight of Collingtree]

My Lords, do these strictures apply to horse meat?

[Lord De Mauley]

My Lords, that is a bit wide of the Question. However, on the subject of horse meat, consumers should have confidence that food is exactly what it says on the label. There are strict rules requiring products to be labelled accurately.