United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 69655
Supermarkets: Supply Chains
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21 July 2025
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2 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent supermarkets from being able to cancel orders from vertical farms at short notice.
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21 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent supermarkets from being able to cancel orders from vertical farms at short notice.
Source: Commons
2 September 2025
Answer
The Government is committed to tackling unfairness in the supply chain wherever it exists, which includes practices such as cancelling orders at short notice. Using the 'Fair Dealings' powers in the Agriculture Act 2020 we can introduce regulations to inc...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-21/69655
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1825691
- uk · wq-1825691 · source updated 2 September 2025