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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Diane Abbott (Labour), on Tuesday, 2 June 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 114 members in total.

SUPERMARKET DISPOSAL OF EDIBLE FOOD

That this House notes that the UK throws away 15 million tonnes of food and drink every year and that half of this food and drink could have been consumed; further notes that if people stop wasting edible food, the environmental benefit would be the equivalent of taking one in four cars off the road; therefore calls on the Government to introduce legislation to ban supermarkets from throwing away food approaching its best-before dates and instead make it available to charities and food banks; and finally notes that such legislation has been successfully introduced in France and would have significant social and environmental benefits.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 2 amendments.

66A1
after 'banks;', insert 'calls on the Government to engage with the Scottish Government on issues of food waste;'.
66A2
at end add 'and furthermore would enjoy widespread public support in Britain, as demonstrated by the petition started by Lizzie Swarf from Brighton, which secured over 165,000 signatures in its first 10 days, notwithstanding the need for Government urgently to develop and implement a cross-departmental strategy to reduce food waste and support food redistribution further up the supply chain too.’.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
66 
66A1 
66A2 
Session
2015-16
Other sponsors
Hywel Williams
Philip Boswell
Martyn Day
Chris Law
Liz Saville Roberts
Subjects
Food Waste management
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk