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Food: Prices

Commons · Question 91954 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle rising food costs.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 25 Nov 2025

UK consumer food prices depend on a range of factors, including agri-food import prices, domestic agricultural prices, domestic labour and manufacturing costs, and Sterling exchange rates. On 19 November, the Secretary of State announced Defra is working ...