Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 118175

Groceries Code Adjudicator: Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator

Tabled: 5 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Catherine McKinnell

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne North

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the scope of the independent Groceries Code Adjudicator to include the functions of the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudica

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government is undertaking the fourth statutory review into the effectiveness of the GCA, and covers the period from 31 March 2022 – 1 April 2025. The review sought input on the GCA’s effectiveness in enforcing the Code, its role alongside the Agricult...

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