Committees

Environmental change and food security

Inquiry

The Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry into environmental change and food security. The Committee’s inquiry will examine the UK’s preparedness and resilience to future food supply stresses or shocks caused by climate change and biodiversity loss.

Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Wednesday 21 December 2022.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 12 July 2023
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Environmental change and food security - Oral evidence 12 July 2023
2:15pm
  • Rt Hon Mark Spencer (Minister of State (Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Tessa Jones (Agri-Food Chain Director at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 7 June 2023
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Environmental change and food security - Oral evidence 7 June 2023
2:15pm
  • George Monbiot, author of Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
  • Professor James Lowenberg-DeBoer (Elizabeth Creak Chair of Agri-Tech Economics at Harper Adams University)
3:15pm
  • Dr Jill Edmondson (Senior Lecturer at School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield)
  • Judicaelle Hammond (Director of Policy and Advice at Country Land and Business Association)
  • Edwin Morgan (Director of Communications at Harvest London)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 19 April 2023
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Environmental change and food security - Oral evidence 19 April 2023
2:15pm
  • Henry Dimbleby (Co-founder at Leon Restaurants, and Lead at Independent review of the food system for the Government: The National Food Strategy)
3:00pm
  • Minette Batters (President at National Farmers’ Union (NFU))
  • Sue Pritchard (Chief Executive at The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission)
  • Chris Brown (Senior Director for Sustainable Supply Chains at Asda)
  • Peter Dawson (Policy and Sustainability Director at Dairy UK)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 22 March 2023
2:00pm Private
2:15pm Public
Environmental change and food security - Oral evidence 22 March 2023
2:15pm
  • Professor Tim Lang (Emeritus Professor of Food Policy at City University London's Centre for Food Policy)
  • Dr Elizabeth Boakes (Research Fellow at Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London)
  • Dr Monica Zurek (Senior Researcher at Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
3:15pm
  • Balwinder Dhoot (Director of Sustainability at Food and Drink Federation)
  • James Young (VP Agriculture at McCains)
  • Guy Singh-Watson (Founder at Riverford Organics)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

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