Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14773

Agriculture: Supply Chains

Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) resilience of the agricultural supply chain and (b) ability of the sector to meet d

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Part (a) - The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. We produce 62% of all the food we need, and 75% of food which we can grow or rear in the UK for all or part of the year. Fo...

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