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date	12/05/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fish: Supermarkets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of UK supermarkets on increasing their purchasing of UK-caught fish.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>Evidence shows that UK consumers prefer a relatively narrow range of species which limits the market for UK caught seafood. As a result, we are working in partnership with industry and retailers to build greater consumer awareness of the wide range of species that can be found in UK waters, with the aim of increasing domestic consumption of seafood.</p><p>One example is the ‘Sea for Yourself’ campaign run by Defra and Seafish in 2020, as part of which we secured a retail partnership with Morrisons and campaign branding featured on 60,000 fish boxes in Morrisons UK stores.</p><p>We are strongly committed to encouraging consumers to buy and eat more locally caught fish and shellfish from UK waters.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/05/2021 09:40:00 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

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date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fish: Supermarkets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of supermarkets on the sale of endangered fish species.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	293476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government regularly engages with UK retailers on a wide variety of policy areas, including on the sustainability of fish stocks in UK waters and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/10/2019 12:04:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane