Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment the Grocery Code Adjudicator has made of egg production, and in particular whether rising costs of egg farms are being met by retailers; and what plans they have to intervene in the event of an assessment that these costs are not being met.

The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) enforces the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (the Code) which does not regulate the price agreed between retailers and suppliers. The GCA has no role in determining what a retailer should pay for a product.

The GCA has, however, published seven golden rules to ensure that the 14 largest grocery retailers who are designated under the Code handle price negotiations lawfully and fairly.

The GCA is monitoring adherence to the golden rules and any direct supplier to one of the designated retailers that is having issues with a negotiation should contact the GCA whose details are available on the GOV.UK website.