Question follow-through · 17812
Bananas: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed suspension of tariffs on fresh bananas on the resilience and diversity of the UK's food supply chain.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 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 proposed suspension of tariffs on fresh bananas on the resilience and diversity of the UK's food supply chain.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jul 2026
Answer published
A resilient and diverse food supply chain is important for British consumers. To assess the potential impact of the proposed tariff suspensions, announced on 21 May, we invited the public and industry to respond to a call for input. This call for input cl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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