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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019 on the UK’s food warehousing and storage capacity.

Defra Ministers and officials meet regularly with the food industry to understand the potential impacts of a no deal exit and support contingency planning by the industry. This has included discussion on storage capacity in the UK at that time of year.