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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222547, if the Government will make representations to the European Commission requesting that it publish its communication on Building a Sustainable European Food System.

Officials continue to liaise with their counterparts in the Commission about this Communication. We understand that the new European Commission is considering the focus of the Communication. No formal representations are planned.