Agriculture

The resilience and vulnerabilities of the UK’s food supply chain will be the focus of a new inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA).

On 10 December 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.

Members of the House of Lords debate inheritance tax, family farms and food security. Catch up

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) today (Friday 6 December) launches an inquiry on the future of farming.

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rt Hon Steve Reed MP, will make his first appearance before the EFRA Committee in a public evidence session on Tuesday 19 November at 2.30pm. 

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has today launched an online survey that asks stakeholders to contribute their views on the issues they think the Committee should prioritise in 2025.

Members vote on salmon farming, spending powers and Welsh devolution. Catch up

Members discuss salmon farms and the Sovereign Grant on day two of committee stage. Find out more

EAC Chair welcomes clarity on rural solar farms

Members discuss passage of bill as draft legislation set to become law. Catch up

Members discuss changes to the list of livestock included in the bill in report stage. Catch up

Members discuss changes to the bill as committee stage examination wraps up. Catch up

Members discuss draft law to end exports of certain animals for fattening and slaughter in Great Britain. Catch up

Members consider sustainable farming and land management schemes. Catch up

Members discuss infectious disease threats to human, animal and plant health. Catch up