Agriculture Act 2020

19 Duty to report to Parliament on UK food security

(1) The Secretary of State must, on or before the relevant day and at least once every three years thereafter, prepare and lay before Parliament a report containing an analysis of statistical data relating to food security in the United Kingdom.

(2) The data analysed in a report under this section may include (among other things) data about the following matters—

(a) global food availability;

(b) supply sources for food (including the range of supply sources and the availability to the public of food from domestic and other sources);

(c) the resilience of the supply chain for food (including in response to disruptions in, or significant price increases for, the supply of energy);

(d) household expenditure on food (including in comparison to expenditure on other items);

(e) food safety and consumer confidence in food.

(3) In this section “relevant day” means the last day before 25 December 2021 which is a sitting day for both Houses of Parliament.