The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hylton on 2014-06-05.
To ask the Chairman of Committees what proportion of the food used in the House of Lords is (1) grown in the home counties; and (2) drawn from organic and whole-food sources.
Lord Sewel
The House of Lords does not draw any of its food from organic sources nor is any of the food offered categorised as “whole-food”. Fruit and vegetables used by the House sourced from the home counties are set out in the table below. Free-range chicken served in the House is mostly from Gloucestershire and Essex. The Salt Marsh lamb is from the Romney Marsh in Kent.
|
Produce |
Source county |
|
Asparagus |
Hampshire |
|
Beetroot |
Bedfordshire |
|
Bramley apple |
Cambridgeshire |
|
Cauliflower |
Kent |
|
Herbs (potted) |
Hampshire |
|
Jacket potatoes |
Hertfordshire |
|
New potatoes |
Kent |
|
Raspberries |
Sussex |
|
Red potatoes |
Kent |
|
Spring greens |
Cambridgeshire |
|
Strawberries |
Kent |
|
Tomatoes (gourmet) |
Sussex |
|
Vitelotte potatoes |
Kent |