Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118125
Food: Prices
Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of retail food price inflation since 2020 attributable to changes in trading arrangements with the EU.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleConsumer food prices are shaped by a variety of factors, such as agri-food import prices, domestic agricultural prices, domestic labour and manufacturing costs, and Sterling exchange rates. Several of these factors are affected by the UK's trading arrange...
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