The Committee last looked into food security in 2009. This inquiry will follow up many of the issues raised then.

The Committee invites written evidence on the following issues:

• How best to improve UK (and EU) food security, including using resources more efficiently;
• The relationship between the price of food and the cost of producing it;
• The implications of volatility in global food supply and demand for UK food security;
• The potential value and contribution of science and GM technology to UK food security.
• How food and farming supply chains, and the current systems for traceability,  can contribute to increased resilience;
• Whether climate change risks are adequately incorporated in UK food security strategies and planning;
• The obstacles facing food producers, including small farmers, seeking to increase production and access new markets; and
• Ways of increasing self sufficiency in products for which the UK has a comparative advantage

For more information, please visit the Committees website.