Government Food Strategy

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:50 pm on 13 June 2022.

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Photo of George Eustice George Eustice The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 4:50, 13 June 2022

On the latter point, I am happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss some of the issues that fishermen in his constituency have raised with him. Over the last six months the price of most fish has strengthened considerably, which has generally been good for fishermen’s incomes, but I am happy to look at the issue he raises. On the wider point, under the Agriculture Act 2020, Governments are already required to produce a review of food security every three years—the first was published in December last year—and they have a legal obligation, when designing future schemes, to consider food security and availability.