Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 16803

Food Supply

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

David Reed

ConservativeExmouth and Exeter East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last assessed the resilience of UK food supplies to a simultaneous disruption affecting major food-exporting countries; and what the findings of that assessment wer

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. The UK Food Security Report 2024 shows that climate and geopolitical volatility have weakened aspects of food supply stability since 2...

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