Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 116895
Food Poverty
Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 5 March 2026
Question
Ian Byrne
Labour — Liverpool West Derby
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has undertaken an assessment of the potential implications of formally recognising the right to food in domestic law for the design and evaluation of food policy across Gov
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra has not undertaken an assessment. The right to food is not codified in UK domestic law, but the UK continues to recognise economic, social and cultural rights as defined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the ...
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