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.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Seventh Report - Food security
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First Special Report - Food Security: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of 2022-23
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HC 37
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First Special Report - Food Security: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of 2022-23
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries to the Committee regarding Food Security, dated 15 March 2023
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Oral evidence transcripts

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24 January 2023
Inquiry Food Security
Witnesses Mark Spencer (Minister for Food at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), and David Kennedy (Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
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Oral Evidence
13 December 2022
Inquiry Food Security
Witnesses Woodland Trust, Country Land and Business Association (CLA), and Professor Michael Winter, University of Exeter, Centre for Rural Policy Research
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Oral Evidence
13 December 2022
Inquiry Food Security
Witnesses MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, and City University London
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Written evidence

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Malcolm Read (FS0096)
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Janette Aquilina (Political and Public Affairs Manager at British Poultry Council) (FS0097)
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The Food Foundation (FS0098)
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Other publications

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  • 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