Support for Local Food Infrastructure

Part of Women and Equalities Committee – in Westminster Hall at 1:50 pm on 8 September 2022.

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Photo of Caroline Ansell Caroline Ansell Conservative, Eastbourne 1:50, 8 September 2022

I wholly support all the very important infrastructure investments that my hon. Friend has detailed, but on water, which is a vital ingredient in the mix, I want to raise my concern about local food partnerships. Because they are not commercially operated, they are suffering in this drought due to the water restrictions. I believe that some water companies are using their discretion, but South East Water is not. Is my hon. Friend sympathetic to my request to South East Water to revisit its policy and provide the relevant level of water support to local food partnerships, such as mine in Eastbourne, so that they can truly take their place and be part of the local food infrastructure?