Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 104465
Food Supply: Supply Chains
Tabled: 9 January 2026
Answered: 29 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Kerry McCarthy
Labour — Bristol East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact global deforestation and desertification on the UK’s national food security, supply chains and food prices.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe UK imports 40% of its food and is therefore exposed to supply chain risks such as deforestation and desertification via food security and price impacts associated with food imports. Defra routinely conducts and updates assessments on a range of threat...
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