Food Price Inflation - Commons Urgent Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:52 am on 19 May 2022.

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Photo of The Bishop of St Albans The Bishop of St Albans Bishop 11:52, 19 May 2022

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his replies on this important area, but is he concerned, as a number of people are, that some farmland is now being taken out of production because it is being bought by companies for carbon offset? Indeed, one of the issues about some of the rewilding is that, sometimes, good farmland, which could help us, is now not available. What are Her Majesty’s Government doing to increase our food production, both for our own security but also so we can export to help those other countries that are facing huge hikes in prices?