Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Groceries Code Adjudicator has met stakeholders engaged in production and processing within the (a) egg and (b) dairy industry in 2013-14.

Relations with stakeholders in the supply sectors are operational matters for the office of the Groceries Code Adjudicator, which is an independent statutory regulator established by the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013.

The GCA’s first Annual Report for the period ending 31^st March 2014 confirms that the Adjudicator had by that date participated in events attended by over 3,000 suppliers and their representative bodies – including those from the dairy, arable and livestock sectors.

The Annual Report may be viewed at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322415/10143-GCA-Annual_Report_2014.pdf