Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

What assessment she has made of the impact of food price inflation on levels of demand for emergency parcels from food banks.

Tabled: 29 June 2023Answered: 6 July 2023

Asked by

Liz Twist

LabourBlaydon and Consett

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Local Government and Homelessness (Alison McGovern)

It is important that we get that right, and we will have further discussions about it shortly. I might disagree with my hon. Friend on the importance of Pride in Place, which will turn around some of the decline created by the Conservative party.