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Final Response to the DEFRA Formal Consultation on the Government Buying

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October 2010

FDF's welcomes the opportunity to comment on the questions in the discussion document, though some fall outside the scope of our sectoral representational role. We would also reiterate the need for joined up policy responses across the UK as a whole, not least in respect of greenhouse gas emissions, water and other transboundary environmental issues, including some aspects of biodiversity such as bird populations.

Actions in these areas also need to be coordinated at EU and international level, not only to enhance their effectiveness, but also to prevent the kinds of distortion of competition and trade flows which can arise with differential regulatory or incentive regimes. We would ask that all the comments below are seen in the light of these introductory remarks.

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