Food: Business
Commons · Question 68629 · Tabled 16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will produce an impact assessment on the potential impact of increases in costs for (a) butchers, (b) abattoirs and (c) other food business operators on those busines
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Jul 2025
The UK food processing and manufacturing sectors are highly resilient and adaptable and continue to supply healthy and affordable products in spite of the many challenges they have faced in recent years including the covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukrai...