Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 105964

Food: Prices

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 29 January 2026

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) customs checks and (b) regulatory barriers in UK-EU trade on food prices.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Consumer food prices depend on a range of factors including import prices, domestic agricultural prices, domestic labour and manufacturing costs, and Sterling exchange rates. Some of these factors are influenced by our trading arrangements with other coun...

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