Question follow-through · 27551
Food: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of private equity acquisitions in the groceries retail sector on trends in the level of employment across the food supply cha
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of private equity acquisitions in the groceries retail sector on trends in the level of employment across the food supply cha
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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13 Feb 2025
Answer published
Defra does not hold any information on the impact of private equity acquisitions in the groceries retail sector on trends in the level of employment across the food supply chain. Any impact on competition as a result of private equity acquisitions are the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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