Defra Secretary Emma Reynolds is set to face questions on Tuesday next week on a range of topics that the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs EFRA Committee has examined in this Parliament.
MPs on the cross-party Committee are likely to ask the Secretary of State and senior officials at Defra as part of its ongoing inquiry into the work of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies about the following:
- Corporate leadership of water companies and the future of Thames Water
- The Farming Road Map, Environmental Land Management schemes and Sustainable Farming Initiatives
- Supply chain fairness, food security and prices
- Biosecurity and the forthcoming UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal
- Support for the UK’s fishing sector
- Climate adaptation, including coastal erosion and wildfires
Other topics relating to the work of Defra and its arm’s-length bodies may also be raised.
Witnesses appearing before Committee from 14.30pm on Tuesday 7 July:
- Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP, Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- David Hill, Director General for Strategy and Water, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Emily Miles, Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Click here to watch the evidence session live or catch up later on parliamentlive.tv
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