Food Security
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Closed
Inquiry
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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Recommendations
8
Conclusions
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Report
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Oral sessions
1
Letter
5
Events
Activity timeline 13 events
17 Nov
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28 Jul
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Report published
22 Mar
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24 Jan
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Oral evidence
24 Jan
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
13 Dec
2022
2022
Oral evidence
13 Dec
2022
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
22 Nov
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Oral evidence
22 Nov
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Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
8 Nov
2022
2022
Oral evidence
8 Nov
2022
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Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
18 Oct
2022
2022
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
24 Jan 2023
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
David Kennedy · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rt Hon Mark Spencer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
13 Dec 2022
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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
22 Nov 2022
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Anna Taylor · The Food Foundation
Lindsay Boswell · FareShare
Maria Marshall · Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN)
Professor Michael Fakhri · University of Oregon School of Law
8 Nov 2022
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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)
18 Oct 2022
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Henry Dimbleby · Leon Restaurants
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventh Report - Food security | HC 622 | 28 Jul 2023 | 23 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
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Recommendation
Accepted
Seventh Report - Food security
Facilitate UN Special Rapporteur's visit to assess statutory right to food in England
We support the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food’s request to undertake a Country Visit to the UK, and call for the Government to facilitate such a visit before the end of this year if Professor Fakhri …
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Government Response
The government states the UK has a standing invitation for UN Special Procedure mandate holders and its UN Mission is in touch with OHCHR to find suitable dates for the Special Rapporteur on Food's visit.
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Conclusion
Accepted
Seventh Report - Food security
Require mandatory public health metrics reporting and urgent research on ultra-processed foods
The Government has set out three actions that could help encourage healthier eating. On mandatory public reporting against a set of health metrics, this should become a requirement within the next six months. Further research on ultra-processed foods as a …
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Government Response
The government described its existing "Better Health" campaign, which launched in July 2020, along with existing tools and regulations like voluntary front-of-pack labelling, calorie labelling, and a pilot rewards app, as efforts to encourage healthier eating, but did not commit to mandatory public reporting on health metrics or specific research on ultra-processed foods.
Correspondence 1 letter
22 Mar 2023
To committee
Letter from the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries to the Committee regarding Food Security, dated 15 March 2023
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