Question follow-through · 66792
Food: Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has assessed the potential merits of a focus on plant-based foods in the forthcoming food strategy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has assessed the potential merits of a focus on plant-based foods in the forthcoming food strategy.
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food for all, and recognises the role that plant-based options can play in supporting a healthier, more sustainable, and resilient food system. Through the lens of a new fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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