Food: Fruit and Vegetables

Lord Lexden Excerpts
Monday 6th July 2020

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bethell Portrait Lord Bethell
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The noble Lord is quite right about the home production of food. During the Covid epidemic, Project Defend was put together to ensure that, as a country, we have resilient supply chains for key products, including food. The project will look at this area to assess whether interventions are necessary and will co-ordinate cross-governmental action.

Lord Lexden Portrait The Deputy Speaker (Lord Lexden) (Con)
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My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed.