Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 79991
Cereals: Imports
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat — Stratford-on-Avon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of grain imports produced to standards lower than those required in the UK on domestic producers.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe UK has a highly resilient food supply chain. For the cereal crops that are produced domestically, the UK has been over 80% self-sufficient for a number of years. Due to environmental and climate conditions the UK milling industry require a certain lev...
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