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Lord Blencathra (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 September 2026

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Climate Change: Food Supply Resilience

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My Lords, I commend the Minister for persisting with questions today despite her awful throat braxy. Two weeks ago, the National Audit Office published a highly critical report on Defra’s lack of preparedness for food shortages, the failure to test the emergency plans in place, and the lack of the legal powers and specific asset tracking to maintain food supplies during a deep emergency. A key recommendation was that Defra must work more closely with farmers and food businesses to ensure that the food supply is maintained. To work more closely with farmers, will the Government call off the Treasury attacks on farmers, farming and the countryside that are driving farmers to quit in record numbers? No farmers means no food, no security and no countryside that we love.
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