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Mr. Nicholas Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it the policy of his Department and United Kingdom based defence establishments to purchase wherever possible British-produced food.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
The Ministry of Defence awards contracts for food items on the basis of the best compliant tender received in competition. In practice, almost all contracts for food items are placed with United Kingdom suppliers.