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And, Elaine, would the British Nutrition Foundation have a view on this?
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Pauline.
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Thanks, Sam. Kelly and Pauline, you've already touched on the pressures facing our local authorities, and I note that the explanatory memorandum to the Bill says that public bodies currently place food policy behind other responsibilities due to pressure and…
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Okay, thanks, Luke, and I'll bring in Sam Kurtz then.
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Thanks, Sarah. I'll bring in Luke Fletcher now.
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Agreement from all the panel there, Sarah.
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Okay. And Kelly.
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Elaine.
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Sarah, any other questions?
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Okay. Kelly, Pauline, any views on this?
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Any views on that? Elaine.
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Would you like to repeat that one more time for us, Sarah, please?
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Who would like to take that?
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Okay, thank you all. I'll bring in Sarah Murphy now, who has a series of questions for you all on food goals.
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Thank you. And Kelly.
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Okay, thank you. I could see you nodding there, Pauline. What's the view from Monmouthshire?
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That's absolutely fine. So, final question from me, then: to what extent do you expect the new curriculum to promote healthy diets, food skills and education on food-related issues, and is the Bill adding value to achieving these aims? Maybe if we start with…
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Okay, thank you. And Elaine, does the British Nutrition Foundation take a view on this?
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Pauline.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. So, the social partnership and procurement Bill is progressing through the Senedd, and that puts a statutory duty on public bodies to consider socially responsible public procurement, to set out objectives, and to publish a procurement strategy. So, if…
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And Kelly.
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Elaine.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you. And I'll come back to you, Pauline, with my second question, then. So, the Minister for rural affairs has described the Bill as a resource-consuming and bureaucratic Bill that doesn't bring solutions to the aims set out in the explanatory…
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Pauline.
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Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Elaine.
