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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Lynch

Foie gras should be banned from Parliament’s menus as symbolic gesture, MPs hear

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Foie gras should be banned from the Houses of Parliament’s dinner menus as an “act of symbolism” aimed at discouraging animal cruelty, ministers have been told.

Conservative MP Giles Watling (Clacton) said he would be writing to Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle to raise the gesture with him, even though he did not think the delicacy was on any of Westminster’s menus.

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