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 X (formerly Twitter) @CommonsEFRA

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6 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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Fisheries and the marine environment
Opened 23 January 2025
Animal and plant health
Opened 9 January 2025
Fairness in the food supply chain
Opened 20 December 2024
Reforming the water sector
Opened 19 December 2024
The future of farming
Opened 6 December 2024
Work of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies
Opened 6 November 2024

Non-inquiry work

Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.
Pre-appointment hearings
People nominated to certain public offices may be examined by a committee to assess their suitability and plans for the role.

Latest news

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Defra Minister to face MPs’ questions on farming, profitability and fairness in supply chains, and fisheries
The Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner MP, will appear before the EFRA Select Committee, to face MPs’ questions on their thematic inquiries on the future of farming, fairness in the food supply chain, and fisheries and the marine environment.
27 March 2025
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Addressing imbalances in the UK’s food supply chain: EFRA Committee write to Minister
The EFRA Committee has today written to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner MP, detailing its findings so far from its inquiry into ‘Fairness in the food supply chain’.
18 March 2025
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EFRA Chair comments on Defra’s halting of new applications to SFI
Reacting to the news that the Government is stopping accepting new SFI applications, the Chair of the EFRA Committee, Alistair Carmichael MP, said:
12 March 2025

Latest publications

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Correspondence to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs following up on his evidence to the Committee on 1 April, dated 23 April
Inquiry The future of farming
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Correspondence from Susan Davy, Pennon Group, regarding Reforming the water sector inquiry oral evidence, dated 3 April 2025
Inquiry Reforming the water sector
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Correspondence from Heidi Mottram, Northumbrian Water, regarding Reforming the water sector inquiry oral evidence, dated 4 April 2025
Inquiry Reforming the water sector
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Correspondence

Contact us

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

  • Email: efracom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: General enquiries: 0207 219 1119 | Press enquiries: 020 7219 3138
  • Address: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA