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Food Supply: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the adaptation measures identified in the Met Office's May 2026 report entitled Climate Impact

answeredDr Ellie ChownsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
18 Jun 2026
Answer
26 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the adaptation measures identified in the Met Office's May 2026 report entitled Climate Impact

  2. 18 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Defra-funded Food, Farming & Natural Environment Climate Service developed evidence on adaptation options which improve resilience of the agri-food sector, including cost and ease of implementation. The National Adaptation Programme sets out the a...

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