As part of
its inquiry into food supply during
the Coronavirus pandemic, the Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee today launches
an online
survey, inviting the public to
share their experiences of accessing food during
the outbreak.
The survey, which can
be completed in under 10 minutes, is available on the Committee's
website until 28th
April,
and encourages constituents from
across the UK to submit their accounts of shopping for
food online or in person, receiving food
parcels, or accessing food
banks since the start of the COVID-19
outbreak.
Chair
of the EFRA Committee, ,
said:
"Coronavirus has
so far affected each one of us in many different
ways, but across the country we
are united by the need to access enough healthy food. Whether you
are self-isolating and struggling to get food deliveries,
medically vulnerable and getting Government food parcels,
struggling to afford food, or not finding any problems in getting
the food you need, we would like to hear from
you.
"It's essential
that our inquiry is informed by a diverse range of experiences. I
urge you to fill in our survey and help us to understand how this
crisis is affecting you."
The Committee launched
the inquiry, which will examine areas including access to healthy
food during periods of self-isolation, and how disruptions in the
food supply chain should be managed, on Friday 3 April. It will
use the results of the survey to inform its questioning of
retailers, food producers and the Government.
Written evidence can
also be submitted using the Committee’s inquiry
page.
Press will be notified
ahead of the Committee's first public evidence
session.
Committee
Membership
(Chair) (Conservative,
Tiverton & Honiton); (Labour, Swansea West);
(SNP, Angus); (Labour, Canterbury);
Mary Glindon MP (Labour, North Tyneside);
Dr (Conservative, Penrith
and The Border); (Conservative, Keighley);
MP (Conservative, South East
Cornwall); (Labour, Chesterfield);
(Conservative, York Outer) and
(Conservative, St Ives).
