Question follow-through · 13540

Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Groceries Code Adjudicator's remit to allow oversight across the whole supply chain.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
26 Jun 2026
Target answer date
30 Jun 2026
Answer
2 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Groceries Code Adjudicator's remit to allow oversight across the whole supply chain.

  2. 30 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Transferring responsibility for the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will enable greater alignment across the policy framework for fair treatment of businesses in the agricultural and groceries sup...

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