United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 129010
Food Supply: Supermarkets
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14 December 2020
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22 December 2020 · Answer
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22 December 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) discussions his Department has had and (b) preparations have been made with supermarkets on food shortages in the event of the transition period ending without a trade deal.
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14 December 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) discussions his Department has had and (b) preparations have been made with supermarkets on food shortages in the event of the transition period ending without a trade deal.
Source: Commons
22 December 2020
Answer
The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain and the food industry is well-equipped to respond to disruption as was seen during the initial Covid-19 response earlier this year. Defra has well established ways of working with the food industry on prepar...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-14/129010
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1270838
- uk · wq-1270838 · source updated 22 December 2020