Question follow-through · 29262
Food Supply: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to improve cross-departmental governance to support food supply chain resilience.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 21 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to improve cross-departmental governance to support food supply chain resilience.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Sept 2026
Answer published
Defra works with industry and across Government to monitor risks that may arise. This includes extensive, regular and ongoing engagement in preparedness for, and response to, issues with the potential to cause disruption to food supply chains.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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