Question follow-through · 129922
Food: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of regulation introduced since 2019 on the food and drink supply chain, including in farming, manufacturing,
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of regulation introduced since 2019 on the food and drink supply chain, including in farming, manufacturing,
29 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
Food and drink inflation is determined by a range of factors and it is not always possible to isolate the direct impact of regulation on food prices. However, Defra is taking action to reduce cost pressures in the food system, including from regulation. I...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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