Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78802

Food: Inflation

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on reducing inflation of food and drink.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Over the past year, Defra Ministers have regularly engaged with HM Treasury Ministers on cost-of-living pressures, including the inflationary impacts on food and drink. The Child Poverty Taskforce provides a helpful cross-Whitehall forum for ministers acr...

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