These pages only show information for this committee from the start of 2020 onwards. Earlier information can be found on the previous version of the UK Parliament website.
View previous Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee website17 current inquiries
Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.
Flooding
Report:
Published
On 8 February 2021
Govt. response:
Published
On 30 April 2021
Opened 4 March 2020
Labour in the food supply chain
Report:
Published
On 22 December 2020
Govt. response:
Published
On 14 May 2021
Opened 13 March 2020
COVID-19 and food supply
Report:
Published
On 30 July 2020
Govt. response:
Published
On 10 October 2020
Opened 19 March 2020
The work of DEFRA
Opened 24 March 2020
Air Quality
Report:
Published
On 11 February 2021
Govt. response:
Published
On 24 April 2021
Opened 12 June 2020
Public Sector Procurement of Food
Report:
Published
On 21 April 2021
Govt. response:
Published
On 5 July 2021
Opened 18 June 2020
Tree Planting and Woodlands
Opened 1 October 2020
Pet Smuggling
Opened 27 October 2020
Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition
Opened 4 December 2020
Moving animals across borders
Report:
Published
On 30 September 2021
Govt. response:
Due by
On 30 November 2021
Opened 13 January 2021
COVID-19 and food supply: follow up
Report:
Published
On 7 April 2021
Govt. response:
Overdue
Since 7 June 2021
Opened 14 January 2021
Seafood and Meat Exports to the EU
Report:
Published
On 29 April 2021
Govt. response:
Published
On 12 July 2021
Opened 27 January 2021
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill
Opened 27 May 2021
Air Quality: follow up
Opened 28 June 2021
Animals Abroad Bill
Opened 30 June 2021
Plastic waste
Opened 7 July 2021
Labour shortages in the food and farming sector
Opened 15 September 2021
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
Government 'unprepared to press go' on 'evident and ready solutions' to post-Brexit movement of animals between UK and EU
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee publishes Moving animals across borders report
30 September 2021
National Food Strategy leader questioned by Committee
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is to hold a one-off evidence session on the independent National Food Strategy (NFS) review with Henry Dimbleby MBE, who led the review.
16 September 2021
How are labour and trade issues affecting the food supply chain? MPs launch inquiry
Committee launches an inquiry into the impacts of factors such as Brexit, covid-19, and rising commodity prices on the food supply chain
16 September 2021
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