Food Supply: Carbon Emissions
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government's net zero policies on food supply from British producers.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
This Government is committed to delivering net zero by 2050, while ensuring that the transition to more climate friendly practices goes hand in hand with food security and farm productivity from British producers.
We will work with farmers to support economic growth while protecting the environment by accelerating uptake of innovative technologies, to increase productivity and efficiency in the agriculture sector. This will in turn support net zero, food production, efficient use of land and nature recovery.
To further support our farming businesses during net zero transition, we will protect our producers being undercut during international negotiations, make the supply chain work more fairly and prevent shock rises in bills by switching on GB Energy.
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