Food Security

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 25 Jul 2022 Closed: 17 Nov 2023 Parliament page
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
15 Recommendations
8 Conclusions
1 Report
5 Oral sessions
1 Letter
5 Events
Activity timeline 13 events
17 Nov
2023
Report published
28 Jul
2023
Report published
22 Mar
2023
Correspondence
24 Jan
2023
Oral evidence
24 Jan
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
13 Dec
2022
Oral evidence
13 Dec
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
22 Nov
2022
Oral evidence
22 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
8 Nov
2022
Oral evidence
8 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
18 Oct
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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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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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
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report - Food security HC 622 28 Jul 2023 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
1 Conclusion Acknowledged
Seventh Report - Food security
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 … Read more
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 to healthy and affordable food.
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Government Response AI assessment · 23 of 15 classified
Accepted 2
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 15
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 3
Total 15 recs + 8 conclusions
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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