Question follow-through · 62951

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to consultation outcome document entitled Summary of responses and government response, published on 12 June 2025, what his Department's timetable is for implementing ma

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
3 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to consultation outcome document entitled Summary of responses and government response, published on 12 June 2025, what his Department's timetable is for implementing ma

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    On 12 June 2025 we published the summary of responses and government response to the fairer food labelling consultation, which was undertaken last year by the previous government. The response is available here on GOV.UK. We recognise the strong support f...

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Possible follow-up questions

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Food: Public Sector

9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for ensuring that half of all food purchased across the public sector is (a) locally produced and (b) certified to higher environment standards.

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Food: Procurement

9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on the procurement of food that is locally produced or certified to higher environment standards.

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Fisheries: Import Controls

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) enforcement of the current illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing import controls.

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Food: Public Sector

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2025 to Question 75965 on Food: Public Sector, what her Department's planned timetable is for reviewing food purchased by the public sector; and

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pigs: Animal Welfare

10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of animal welfare enforcement in commercial pig farms; and what steps she is taking to ensure that audit and inspection processe

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Food: Public Sector

17 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to implement the recommendations in the Independent Review into Public Sector Food Procurement, published in May 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Highly Protected Marine Areas

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the 3 Highly Protected Marine Areas that were designated in 2023 will be implemented.

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Nature Conservation

8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to work with the UK’s zoos and aquariums to provide opportunities for conservation translocations and the reintroduction of native species as set out in the Environm

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Shellfish: Animal Welfare

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Seafish, Shellfish Association of Great Britain and the Crab and Lobster Management Group on the adequacy of the Codes of Practice for

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions there have been with EU negotiators about what falls within scope of the term agri-food product for the purposes of the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement; and

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards will be included in the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement to ensure the UK maintains the ability to set animal welfare standards unilaterally, for example to b

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring remote electronic monitoring systems on all pelagic freezer trawlers of 100 meters or more operating in English waters