Question follow-through · 116898
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has assessed the long-term implications of reliance on emergency food provision for the fulfilment of the right to food; and what steps she is taking to reduce s
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has assessed the long-term implications of reliance on emergency food provision for the fulfilment of the right to food; and what steps she is taking to reduce s
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2026
Answer published
Defra has not assessed the implications of emergency food provision for fulfilment of a right to food. The Government is committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels. From 1 April 2026, The Government is introducing a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Water Companies: Privatisation
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of alternative governance for water utilities, including public ownership and mutual structures.
Water Companies: Conflict of Interests
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards are in place to prevent conflicts of interest arising between regulators of the water sector and the water and sewerage undertakers they regulate.
Water: Regulation
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help improve coordination between Ofwat, the Environment Agency and the Drinking Water Inspectorate in regulating water and sewerage undertakers.
Sewage: Waste Disposal
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of enforcement action taken against water and sewerage undertakers for breaches of environmental permits.
Water Treatment: Inspections
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspections of wastewater treatment works and storm overflows were conducted by the Environment Agency in each of the last five years.
Water Treatment: Infrastructure
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of current levels of investment in wastewater infrastructure.
Food Supply
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) increased public procurement of plant-rich foods, (b) expanded domestic horticulture production and (c) increased
Climate Change: Nature Conservation
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