Purchase Of Seafood By Public Sector Organisations

EDM number 226 in 2009-10, proposed by David Drew on 25/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Food and Marine environment.

That this House welcomes the success of the documentary film End of the Line in raising public awareness about the sustainability of global fish stocks and the implications of a world without enough fish; believes taxpayers' money should not be used to buy seafood in the public sector that is unsustainable; recognises the health benefits of eating shellfish and the importance of the shellfish industry to the UK seafood industry; and calls on the Government to prohibit public sector organisations from purchasing seafood included on the Marine Conservation Society's fish to avoid list and to require that all wild-caught seafood served in public sector organisations should be either Marine Stewardship Council-certified, or from stocks that meet the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 81 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.