Food: Brexit
Commons · Question 12537 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of leaving the European (a) Union, (b) Customs Union and (c) Single Market on food prices.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 15 Nov 2024
This Government cares deeply about the cost of living and food security; therefore, it closely monitors factors impacting food prices. Defra modelling shows that consumer food prices are driven by farmgate prices, import prices, exchange rates, labour cos...