Food supply chain resilience and fairness

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 20 Dec 2024 Parliament page
In recent years, external shocks have affected the UK’s food supply chain, raising questions about its resilience and vulnerabilities. Extreme weather events, such as floods, have put further pressure on domestic food production, as well as affecting countries that the UK sources food from. The impact of extreme weather on … Read more
2 Oral sessions
7 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 9 events
3 Jun
2026
Correspondence
19 May
2026
Oral evidence
21 Apr
2026
Oral evidence
21 Apr
2026
Correspondence
14 Apr
2026
Correspondence
17 Mar
2026
Correspondence
3 Dec
2025
Correspondence
20 May
2025
Correspondence
18 Mar
2025
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
19 May 2026
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Dr Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Food Foundation Karen Betts · Food and Drink Federation Professor Tim Lang, Emeritus Professor of Food Policy, City University
21 Apr 2026
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Andrew Opie · British Retail Consortium (BRC) Andrew Opie · British Retail Consortium Jo Gilbertson · Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) Mark White, Groceries Code Adjudicator Richard Thompson, Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator Rohit Kaushish · Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
Correspondence 7 letters
3 Jun 2026 Correspondence from the Secretary of State following the evidence session on 21 April in relation to the Food supply chain fairness and resilience inquiry, dated 20 May 2026
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21 Apr 2026 Correspondence from Kate Dearden MP, Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection, Dept for Business & Trade, regarding the Report on Fourth Statutory Review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator, dated 14 April 2026
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14 Apr 2026 Correspondence from the Secretary of State regarding the implications of the Iran conflict on UK food security and rural communities, dated 1 April 2026
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17 Mar 2026 Correspondence to the Secretary of State relating to the implications of the conflict in Iran on food security and rural communities, dated 17 March 2026
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3 Dec 2025 Correspondence to the Home Office relating to labour conditions and access in the rural economy, dated 2 December 2025
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20 May 2025 Correspondence from the Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets regarding the Fourth Statutory Review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator, dated 13 May 2025
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18 Mar 2025 Correspondence to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, relating to fairness in the food supply chain, dated 18 March 2025
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