Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 12537
Food: Brexit
Tabled: 4 November 2024
Answered: 15 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Clive Jones
Liberal Democrat — Wokingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of leaving the European (a) Union, (b) Customs Union and (c) Single Market on food prices.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThis Government cares deeply about the cost of living and food security; therefore, it closely monitors factors impacting food prices. Defra modelling shows that consumer food prices are driven by farmgate prices, import prices, exchange rates, labour cos...
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