Committees

Food Security

Inquiry

This inquiry is looking at the pressures facing the UK food supply chain and its implication of UK food security and public access to access healthy and nutritious food.

You can read the terms of reference for this inquiry here. 

Our call for evidence ended on 30 September 2022

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 30 September 2022.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Tuesday 24 January 2023
1:30pm Private
2:30pm Public
Food Security - Oral evidence 24 January 2023
2:30pm
  • Rt Hon Mark Spencer (Minister for Food at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • David Kennedy (Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 13 December 2022
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Food Security - Oral evidence 13 December 2022
2:30pm
  • Dr Kelly Parsons (Post-doctoral Researcher at MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge)
  • Professor Tim Lang (Emeritus Professor of Food Policy at City University London)
3:30pm
  • Emily Hunter (Lead Policy Advocate on Land Use at Woodland Trust)
  • Mark Tufnell (President at Country Land and Business Association (CLA))
  • Professor Michael Winter, University of Exeter, Centre for Rural Policy Research
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 22 November 2022
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Food Security - Oral evidence 22 November 2022
2:30pm
  • Professor Michael Fakhri (UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food at University of Oregon School of Law)
3:30pm
  • Lindsay Boswell (Chief Executive Officer at FareShare)
  • Maria Marshall (Project Manager at Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN))
  • Anna Taylor (Executive Director at The Food Foundation)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 8 November 2022
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Food Security - Oral evidence 8 November 2022
2:30pm
  • Minette Batters (President at National Farmers Union)
  • Will Jackson (Division Director for Engagement and Strategy at Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB))
  • Ed Barker (Head of Policy and External Affairs at Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC))
3:30pm
  • Andrew Opie (Director of Food and Sustainability at British Retail Consortium (BRC))
  • James Walton (Chief Economist at IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution))
  • David Thomson (Director of Strategy and Devolved Nations and CEO FDF Scotland at Food and Drink Federation (FDF))
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

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  • Address: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA