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Food Security

Status: Closed Opened: 25 Jul 2022 Closed: 17 Nov 2023 15 recommendations 8 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry is looking at the pressures facing the UK food supply chain and its implication of UK food security and public access to access healthy and nutritious food. You can read the terms of reference for this inquiry here . Our call for evidence ended on 30 September 2022

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report - Food security HC 622 28 Jul 2023 23 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
1 Conclusion Seventh Report - Food security Acknowledged

UK food supply resilient, but household access to healthy, affordable food remains a key concern.

The UK has demonstrated a resilient food supply during some of the most challenging events in recent times, in particular the covid-19 pandemic, the continuing Russia- Ukraine war and the UK’s departure from the EU. The role of the Government and the food supply chain in achieving this resilience should …

Government response. The government states it takes food security seriously, highlighted by the Farm to Fork Summit and an upcoming FCDO event on global food security, and will consider further events. However, it does not commit to specific actions regarding household-level access …

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
24 Jan 2023 David Kennedy · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon Mark Spencer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View ↗
13 Dec 2022 Dr Kelly Parsons · MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Emily Hunter · The Woodland Trust, Mark Tufnell · Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Professor Michael Winter, University of Exeter, Centre for Rural Policy Research, Professor Tim Lang · City University London's Centre for Food Policy View ↗
22 Nov 2022 Anna Taylor · The Food Foundation, Lindsay Boswell · FareShare, Maria Marshall · Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN), Professor Michael Fakhri · University of Oregon School of Law View ↗
8 Nov 2022 Andrew Opie · British Retail Consortium (BRC), David Thomson · Food and Drink Federation (FDF), Ed Barker · Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), James Walton · IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution), Minette Batters · National Farmers Union, Will Jackson · Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) View ↗
18 Oct 2022 Henry Dimbleby · Leon Restaurants View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
22 Mar 2023 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries to the Committee regar…