Select Committee · Environmental Audit Committee

Environmental change and food security

Status: Closed Opened: 10 Nov 2022 Closed: 21 Mar 2024 1 report

The Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry into environmental change and food security. The Committee’s inquiry will examine the UK’s preparedness and resilience to future food supply stresses or shocks caused by climate change and biodiversity loss. Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry.

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Second Report - Environmental change and food security HC 312 8 Dec 2023 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
12 Jul 2023 Rt Hon Mark Spencer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Tessa Jones · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View ↗
7 Jun 2023 Dr Jill Edmondson · School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Edwin Morgan · Harvest London, George Monbiot, author of Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet, Judicaelle Hammond · Country Land and Business Association, Professor James Lowenberg-DeBoer · Harper Adams University View ↗
19 Apr 2023 Chris Brown · Asda, Henry Dimbleby · Leon Restaurants, Minette Batters · National Farmers Union (NFU), Peter Dawson · Dairy UK, Sue Pritchard · The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission View ↗
22 Mar 2023 Balwinder Dhoot · Food and Drink Federation, Dr Elizabeth Boakes · Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, Dr Monica Zurek · Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Guy Singh-Watson · Riverford Organics, James Young · McCains, Professor Tim Lang · City University London's Centre for Food Policy View ↗
25 Jan 2023 Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Professor Dame Julia King · Climate Change Committee, Richard Millar · Climate Change Committee View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
15 Dec 2022 To cttee Letter from the Countryside Alliance relating to the Environmental Change and F…