Question follow-through · 91503
Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to protect food security.
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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 recent steps she has taken to protect food security.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Food Sector is one of the UK's 13 Critical National Infrastructure sectors. Defra and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are joint Lead Government Departments (LGDs), with Defra leading on supply and the FSA on food safety. We work closely with the Cabin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Waste: Crime
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Environment Agency: Finance
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Waste: Crime
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Waste: Crime
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Agriculture: Newcastle-under-Lyme
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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
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Dairy Farming: Staffordshire
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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
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