PART 2

Food and agricultural markets
CHAPTER 1

Food security

Duty to report to Parliament on UK food security
19
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.
S. 19 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes and otherwise at 11.1.2021, see s. 57(1)(b)(c)(6)