§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her Department's policy is in relation to departmental spending for supplies concerning the purchase of Fair Trade goods. [15215]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 16 November 2001]: As my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development has stated, it is Government policy to promote fair trade products, subject of course to the need to obtain best value for money from public funds. In my own Department, for example, our caterers provide fair trade beverages.