Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 68629

Food: Business

Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 25 July 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will produce an impact assessment on the potential impact of increases in costs for (a) butchers, (b) abattoirs and (c) other food business operators on those busines

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The UK food processing and manufacturing sectors are highly resilient and adaptable and continue to supply healthy and affordable products in spite of the many challenges they have faced in recent years including the covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukrai...

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