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Food waste in England inquiry

Inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, 15 June 2016 to 30 April 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 15 November 2016: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, broadcaster and campaigner, and Tristram Stuart, founder, Feedback.
  • 30 November 2016: Lindsay Boswell, Chief Executive, FareShare, Laura Hopper, Chief Executive Officer, Plan Zheroes, Vera Zakharov, Love Food Hate Waste Project Coordinator, Brighton & Hove Food PartnershipJane Bickerstaffe, Director, The Industry Council for research on Packaging & the Environment, Dick Searle, Chief Executive, Packaging Federation, Ashley Munden, Managing Director, Europe-Middle East-Africa, InSinkErator
  • 18 January 2017: Tim Smith, Group Quality Director, Tesco, Louise Evans, Director of Corporate Affairs, Sainsbury's, Victoria Harris, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Resourcing, Waitrose, Steven Butts, Head of Corporate Responsibility, MorrisonsTony Sophoclides, Director of Communications, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, David Bellamy, Environment Policy Manager, Food and Drink Federation
  • 1 February 2017: Andrew Bird, Chair, Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee, James Potter, Assistant Director for Waste, Hampshire County Council, Stuart Donaldson, Waste Strategy Manager, Merseyside Recycling and Waste AuthorityCharlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association, Paul Killoughery, Managing Directors, Bio Collectors, Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services Association
  • 28 February 2017: Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, and Andrew Parry, Special Advisor Food and Drink, The Waste and Resources Action Programme.
  • 22 March 2017: Dr Thérèse Coffey, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Chris Preston, Deputy Director, Waste and Recycling, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
  • 19 April 2017: Dr Thérèse Coffey, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities, Chris Preston, Deputy Director, Waste and Recycling, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs