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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the National Food Strategy.

The forthcoming Food Strategy White Paper is a once in a generation opportunity to create a food system that feeds our nation today and protects it for tomorrow. It will build on existing work across Government and identify new opportunities to make the food system healthier, more sustainable, more resilient, and more accessible for those across the UK. In doing so, it will consider the evidence of Henry Dimbleby’s independent review. Given ongoing wider circumstances we expect to publish the food strategy after the pre-election period for the local elections.