United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 139529
Wheat
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14 March 2022
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the NFU and food businesses on potential (a) increases in wheat costs and (b) shortage of availability as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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14 March 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the NFU and food businesses on potential (a) increases in wheat costs and (b) shortage of availability as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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22 March 2022
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The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain which has coped well in responding to unprecedented challenges. Our food import dependency on the Eastern European region, including for wheat, is very low, so Defra does not expect any significant direct im...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-14/139529
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1440894
- uk · wq-1440894 · source updated 22 March 2022