§ Baroness Byfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Autumn Performance Report 2002, why there is no target under objective 3; and at what level of imports of food normally produced in the United Kingdom will the food supply chain be deemed to fail the sustainability test. [HL1407]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)Performance target 5 serves both objective 3 and objective 4. The Government do not have a target for the level of imports of indigenous-type food.
The Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food, published on 12 December, sets out how the Government intend to deliver a range of outcomes relevant to farming and food, including the development of competitive and efficient industries producing safe and attractive products that consumers, both at home and abroad, want to purchase.