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Agriculture Act 2020

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19Duty to report to Parliament on UK food security

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(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.

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