SUPERMARKET DISPOSAL OF EDIBLE FOOD

Early day motion 66, tabled 2 June 2015 by Diane Abbott (Labour). Signed by 112 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 74, Scottish National Party 12, Labour/Co-operative 8, DUP 5, Liberal Democrat 5, Plaid Cymru 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Conservative 1, Independent 1.