Food
Food news from UK Parliament.
Farmers, processors, retailers and consumers questioned on food price increases
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee examine food security
03 November 2022
New Zealand trade deal: MPs call for analysis of risk to UK food security
New Zealand trade deal: MPs call for analysis of risk to UK food security
24 October 2022
Hearing on sea life deaths off Yorkshire coast
MPs will hold a hearing into the deaths of large numbers of crustaceans off the Yorkshire coast since October 2021.
20 October 2022
Delays to post-Brexit regulation posing risks to UK consumers and businesses
Committee publish report on Regulation after EU exit
12 October 2022
Lords debates climate change and food security
Members discuss the impact of climate change and bio-diversity loss on food security. Catch up
07 September 2022
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on supporting local food infrastructure
Committee to hold a general debate on supporting local food infrastructure
31 August 2022
Lords debates Ukraine and food security
Members debate the Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports and danger of famine in the Horn of Africa and East Africa. Catch up
22 July 2022
Lords debates health and food
The relationship between improving the overall health of the nation and good food production in the spotlight. Catch up
06 July 2022
Lords campaigning on folic acid
Find out about Lord Rooker's campaigning in the House of Lords to fortify UK flour with folic acid
05 July 2022
Minister questioned on Government’s Seafood Fund
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee examines the government’s £100m programme for the seafood sector
24 June 2022
Lords debates the pig farming industry in England
Members discuss the state of the pig farming industry in England on Thursday 16 June
17 June 2022
All new trade deals must protect ‘core standards’, MPs say
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has published a report on the Australia Free Trade Agreement
17 June 2022
Australia free trade deal examined by MPs
Committee to take evidence on the free trade deal the UK signed with Australia in December 2021
06 May 2022
Government failure to tackle labour shortages will shrink food sector permanently, warn MPs
There can be no doubt about the seriousness of the issues facing the food and farming sector, warns EFRA Committee.
06 April 2022
MPs write to Minister on fertiliser inflation and food security
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee writes to the Secretary of State
29 March 2022