Question follow-through · 66067
Food: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing price caps for basic foodstuffs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing price caps for basic foodstuffs.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2025
Answer published
Defra regularly engages with supermarkets and producers on a range of food supply matters. It is not for the Government to set retail food prices nor to comment on day-to-day commercial decisions taken by businesses. Nonetheless, we appreciate concerns ab...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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