Council committee agrees to reports looking at ending catering at meetings as well as vegan procurement policy
At a recent Belfast City Council Committee meeting in City Hall the parties went up against each other over a motion by the Greens to impose a “fully plant-based procurement” on council buildings.
Green Councillor Anthony Flynn, who proposed the motion, told the S.P and R Committee he was asking for a “feasibility” report on the proposal. He said: “This aligns with our obligations in the Belfast Agenda, in terms of tackling health inequalities and increasing our city’s resilience to climate change, as well as the Belfast City Council declaration of a climate emergency in 2019.
Sinn Féin Councillor Ronan McLaughlin said: “I would have some problems around this in terms of procurement, in that we would be exclusively having to deal with plant based caterers, which would narrow the market, and increase the general overall cost. Green Councillor Brian Smyth said: “What Councillor Flynn is asking for is reasonable. He is asking for a report to come back - if there are issues with procurement they will be set out. That is fair, there are lots of things that go to report and come back with options, and people say further down the line it isn’t for us.”
Asked if the proposal would exclude local farmers who produce meat, Councillor Flynn said: “Many farmers will provide both meat products and also other types of product, plant based products as well.”
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