Question follow-through · 124381
Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the introduction of a Good Food Bill to help reduce (a) food costs and (b) increase domestic food production.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 14 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the introduction of a Good Food Bill to help reduce (a) food costs and (b) increase domestic food production.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Apr 2026
Answer published
Defra is working across Government and the food system to consider the best way to drive the Good Food Cycle, and other Government priorities, over this Parliament. Transforming the food system is a long-term programme of work. The Government neesd to use...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Horse Riding and Cycling: Outdoor Recreation
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Agriculture: Training
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Rivers: Pollution
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Dangerous Dogs
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2026 (Dangerous Dogs: Registration), if she will finalise the scheme for Withdrawal of Certificates of Exemption for Dogs Wrongly Registered as XL Bu
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Food: Somerset
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage investment in (a) community initiatives and (b) social infrastructure in Somerset that improves access to (i) affordable and (ii) healthy food.