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.

9 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
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 28 August 2020
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
Report:
Published
On 30 July 2020
Opened 19 March 2020
The work of DEFRA
Opened 24 March 2020
Fisheries Negotiations
Opened 9 June 2020
Air Quality
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 7 August 2020
Opened 12 June 2020
Public Sector Procurement of Food
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 27 August 2020
Opened 18 June 2020
Government support to the dairy sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
Opened 1 July 2020

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.

Latest news

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Food insecurity exposed by COVID-19
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee publishes COVID-19 and food supply report
30 July 2020
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MPs call for further evidence: will Government's 'ambitious' new flooding strategy deliver?
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee extend the deadline for written submission to 28 August 2020
21 July 2020
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Government's New Multi-Billion Pound Flooding Plan: Chair Comments
The Environment Agency has published a new long-term plan to tackle flooding in the UK
14 July 2020

Latest publications

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First Report: COVID-19 and food supply
Inquiry COVID-19 and food supply
Committees Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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Correspondence to Victoria Prentis MP in relation to Government Support to the Dairy Sector during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 21 July 2020
Inquiry Government support to the dairy sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
Committees Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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Correspondence
Correspondence to the Secretary of State and correspondence from Battersea Cats and Dogs Home and others in relation to Companion animal welfare charity 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) 020 7219 1119 / (Media Enquiries) 020 7219 3279
  • Address: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA