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Debate between Valerie Vaz and Nick Smith
Thursday 25th October 2012
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Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab)
1. What recent assessment he has made of the effect on families of recent trends in food prices.
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
13. What recent assessment he has made of the effect on families of recent trends in food prices.
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mr David Heath)
My Department actively monitors retail food prices and their impacts on household expenditure. We know that some households are seeing the amount that they spend on food increase. The Government provide safety nets through welfare to support those on low incomes and out of work. We also provide a number of schemes, such as Healthy Start, to help the most vulnerable in our society afford and have access to nutritious food.