Question follow-through · 91518
Food: Retail Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with major retailers on improving access to affordable fresh food.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with major retailers on improving access to affordable fresh food.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government’s Eatwell Guide advises that people should eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, and wholegrain or higher-fibre foods, as well as less processed meat, and food and drink that is high in sugar, calories, saturated fat, and salt. This includes ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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