Source · Select Committees · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Recommendation 19
19
Paragraph: 94
We would like to put on record our unreserved thanks to all the key workers...
Conclusion
We would like to put on record our unreserved thanks to all the key workers in the food supply chain whose efforts and sacrifices have meant that the nation is being fed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paragraph Reference:
94
Government Response
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HM Government
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The Government thanks the committee for these comments and joins them in recognizing the outstanding efforts of workers in the food supply chain to keep this vital industry operational through such extraordinary and challenging circumstances. The Food Heroes campaign which ran at the height of the response was initiated by Defra to openly recognise the role that the industry played and to publicly demonstrate our thanks. We would like to put on record our gratitude for the hard work and sacrifices made by employees at every level of the food supply chain, food supply continued at the height of the pandemic, and ensured that the nation was being fed at a critical time. We are also grateful to the businesses, associations, recruiters, unions and expert bodies who worked with government during this period to ensure our response to the COVID-19 pandemic was robust, evidence-led, and ensured that the key requirements of the UK’s agri-food industry were at the centre of our policy-making decisions.