Question follow-through · 91744
Food Strategy Advisory Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people appointed to the Food Strategy Advisory Board uphold high standards across the food system, including on animal welfare.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 17 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people appointed to the Food Strategy Advisory Board uphold high standards across the food system, including on animal welfare.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Food Strategy Advisory Board is a small group of senior leaders who represent a wealth of experience and important elements within the food system and reflect the diversity of the sector. The Board considers ideas and provides advice on the food strat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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