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Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI)

Fair Trade

"Individual Government Departments are responsible for taking decisions on the goods and services they acquire, taking into account the Government's policy of seeking value for money for the benefit of the taxpayer. However, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made clear, the Government are also committed to promoting and supporting ethical trading wherever possible."

Prime Minister: Parliamentary Question (13 November 1997, col. 617)

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Page last modified: 26 September 2006
Page published: 2 November 2004

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs