Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle food price inflation.

Defra regularly engages with farmers, manufacturers and retailers to monitor the drivers of food price inflation and to encourage efficiency and fairness across the food supply chain.

Alongside this, the department’s food strategy is developing policies to ensure that individuals across the country have access to affordable, nutritious food.