Food Poverty
Commons · Question 116895 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has undertaken an assessment of the potential implications of formally recognising the right to food in domestic law for the design and evaluation of food policy across Gov
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 5 Mar 2026
Defra has not undertaken an assessment. The right to food is not codified in UK domestic law, but the UK continues to recognise economic, social and cultural rights as defined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the ...