Committees

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Commons Select Committee

Looking at issues from the air we breathe to the food on our plates, Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) exists to scrutinise the administration, spending and policy of the Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. You can follow the Committee on Twitter @CommonsEFRA

For information about the work of committees before 2020 please go to inquiries before 2020 and publications before 2020. For information on former committees before 2020, please visit former committees.

5 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Flooding
Opened 4 March 2020
Agriculture Bill: Trade Standards
Opened 4 March 2020
Labour in the food supply chain
Opened 13 March 2020
COVID-19 and food supply
Oral evidence:
Scheduled
For 5 June 2020
Opened 19 March 2020
The work of DEFRA
Opened 24 March 2020

Latest news

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Chair raises 'pressing challenges' faced by those struggling to access food
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs publishes letter to Secretary of State
20 May 2020
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COVID-19 and food supply: third public evidence session announced
Committee announces third public evidence session for their inquiry into Covid-19 and food supply
14 May 2020
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COVID-19 and food supply: second public evidence session announced
COVID-19 and food supply: second public evidence session announced
7 May 2020

Events for next 7 days

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Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
5 June 2020 - 9am to midday
Virtual Meeting

Latest publications

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Formal Minutes 2019 - 21
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Minutes and decisions
Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State regarding COVID-19 and food supply, 19 May 2020
Inquiry COVID-19 and food supply
Committees Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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HC 263
Correspondence
OFWAT Main Estimates 2020–21
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Estimate memoranda

Other work

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Contact us

We can’t usually help you with an individual problem or a specific complaint.

  • Email: efracom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: (General Enquiries) 020 7219 1119 / (Media Enquiries) 020 7219 3279
  • Address: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA