§ Mr. SandersTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to source sea bass used in catering outlets for which his Department is responsible from hand-line fishermen rather than pair trawlers. [167542]
§ Mr. HuttonThe National Health Service Purchasing and Supply Agency has a national contract for the supply of fish, including sea bass. All sea bass supplied to the NHS comes either from fish farms in the Aegean or is caught by line. No sea bass provided in the NHS is caught by pair trawlers.