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Food supply chain resilience and fairness

Inquiry

In recent years, external shocks have affected the UK’s food supply chain, raising questions about its resilience and vulnerabilities. Extreme weather events, such as floods, have put further pressure on domestic food production, as well as affecting countries that the UK sources food from. The impact of extreme weather on supply chains is likely to increase due to climate change. 

The Government has identified food security as a national security issue. The fairness in the food supply chain inquiry will provide consistent scrutiny of issues relating to the UK’s food security, the levels of support for domestic food production and the provision of affordable and healthy food.  

It will focus on producers, manufacturers and retailers, as well as other actors in the supply chain, and seek to engage with these stakeholders in formal calls for evidence, public evidence sessions, visits, engagement events and consultation.   

The Committee will call for evidence on a regular basis. The Committee will produce iterative and focused reports throughout the inquiry.   

 

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The Committee is not currently accepting submissions, but we may open another call for evidence in the future. If you would like to write to the Committee about matters relating to fairness in the food supply chain in the meantime, please email your submission to EFRACOM@parliament.uk. The Committee is unable to consider individual problems or specific complaints.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Tuesday 19 May 2026
10:00am Public
Food supply chain resilience and fairness - Oral evidence 19 May 2026
10:00am
  • Professor Tim Lang, Emeritus Professor of Food Policy, City University
  • Dr Hannah Brinsden, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Food Foundation
  • Karen Betts (Chief Executive at Food and Drink Federation)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 21 April 2026
9:15am Private
10:00am Public
Food supply chain resilience and fairness - Oral evidence 21 April 2026
10:00am
  • Mark White, Groceries Code Adjudicator
  • Richard Thompson, Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator
11:00am
  • Rohit Kaushish (Chief Economist at Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB))
  • Andrew Opie (Director of Food and Sustainability at British Retail Consortium)
  • Jo Gilbertson (Head of Fertiliser at Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC))
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 16 December 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Oral evidence session 16 December 2025
The future of farming - Oral evidence
10:00am
  • Dame Angela Eagle MP (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Emily Miles (Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Mike Rowe (Director for Farming and Countryside at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Food supply chain resilience and fairness - Oral evidence
10:45am
  • Dame Angela Eagle MP (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Emily Miles (Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Mike Rowe (Director for Farming and Countryside at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
Biosecurity and animal welfare - Oral evidence
11:10am
  • Dame Angela Eagle MP (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Emily Miles (Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Mike Rowe (Director for Farming and Countryside at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Fisheries and the marine environment - Oral evidence
11:30am
  • Dame Angela Eagle MP (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Gareth Baynham-Hughes (Director of Marine and Fisheries at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Mike Dowell (Deputy Director for Marine and Fisheries at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 1 April 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Oral evidence session 1 April 2025
The future of farming - Oral evidence
10:00am
  • Daniel Zeichner MP (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Janet Hughes (Director of the Farming and Countryside Programme at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Emily Miles (Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
Food supply chain resilience and fairness - Oral evidence
10:45am
  • Daniel Zeichner MP (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Janet Hughes (Director of the Farming and Countryside Programme at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Emily Miles (Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
Fisheries and the marine environment - Oral evidence
11:20am
  • Daniel Zeichner MP (Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Colin Faulkner (Head of External Fisheries and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Mike Dowell (Head of EU Fisheries Policy and Negotiations at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: efracom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA