Mary Craegh

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-14 MPs launch inquiry into disposable packaging Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news Westminster Nicola Sturgeon news-email Mary Craegh Environmental Audit Committee

    MPs launch inquiry into disposable packaging

    The Environmental Audit Committee is relaunching its predecessor’s inquiry into disposable coffee cups and plastic bottles. Fewer than one in 400 of the 2.5 billion single-use paper cups used every year are recycled. The MPs will therefore look at the… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint westminster MPs demand assurances over environment policy Grocery sector news updates Out of Home sector news news-email Mary Craegh Environmental Audit Committee David Davis Brexit

    MPs demand assurances over environment policy

    A committee of MPs has demanded that the Government give assurances that it will maintain environmental protection measures currently guaranteed by EU law in the wake of Brexit. In a letter to the new Secretary of State for Exiting the… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint westminster Mary Creagh elected EAC chair Grocery sector news updates Out of Home sector news Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee news-email Mary Craegh Environmental Audit Committee

    Mary Creagh elected EAC chair

    Labour MP Mary Creagh is the new chair of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC). Her appointment follows the departure of Huw Irranca-Davies. Creagh, a former shadow environment secretary, is currently the party’s secretary for international development. “Thrilled to be elected… Read More