Food and drink: this week in Parliament and GOV.UK

Week of Monday 26 October 2026 to Sunday 1 November 2026. Updated automatically every Monday from Policy Radar's archive of official sources; next update Monday 9 November 2026.

This week at a glance

Debates, statements and motions

• Alcohol and Drug Deaths (Public Health Approach)

  Scottish Parliament · Meeting of the Parliament · Thu 29 Oct · parliament.scot

• Longman's Whey-Cream Butter wins Silver at the 2026 Great British Food Awards

  Early day motion · Tue 27 Oct · edm.parliament.uk

• Domestic Farming and Food Supply

  Debate, 2 items · Tue 27 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

• Publication of the final report of the Right to Food UK Commission

  Early day motion · Mon 26 Oct · edm.parliament.uk

Select committees

• 6th Report - The obesity moonshot: making obesity a political priority

  Committee report · Health and Social Care Committee · Fri 30 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

Written questions and answers

• Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

  4 written questions and answers · Department of Health and Social Care · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Health Services

  3 written questions and answers · Department of Health and Social Care · Tue 27 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Obesity: Health Services

  2 written questions and answers · Department of Health and Social Care · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Food: Nutrition

  2 written questions and answers · Department of Health and Social Care · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What action it is taking to improve care and treatment for people experiencing severe alcohol-related harm,…

  2 written questions and answers · Scottish Government · Tue 27 Oct · parliament.scot

• What contribution the UK will make to the World Food Programme's appeal for $450 million to keep food…

  Written question · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Whether she plans to assess food cost inflation at supermarkets.

  Written question · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What assessment he has made of the potential impact of current levels of (a) alcohol duty and (b) VAT on the…

  Written question · Treasury · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of alcohol duty increases introduced since…

  Written question · Treasury · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What steps she plans to take to make locally produced food more affordable.

  Written question · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• To ask His Majesty's Government which body is responsible for regulating pet food safety; and whether that…

  Written question · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure sugar produced under conditions of…

  Written question · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

And 30 more question topics this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

GOV.UK: consultations, news and publications

• School Food Standards: updating the legislative framework

  Consultation outcome · DfE, DHSC · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• UK competent authority for pesticide residues in food 2025 report

  Publication · HSE, Defra · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Radioactivity in food reporting by the Food Standards Agency

  Publication · FSA · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Drink-drive rehabilitation scheme: areas and course providers

  Publication · DVSA · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme: register as an alcohol wholesaler or producer

  Publication · HMRC · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Pesticide residues in food: results of monitoring programme

  Publication · HSE, Defra · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Radioactivity in food and the environment (RIFE) report

  Publication · Environment Agency, FSA, Natural Resources Wales, Cefas · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Updating the school food standards: feasibility pilot findings

  Publication · DHSC, DfE · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• School food standards 2027: example menus and nutrient analysis

  Publication · DHSC, DfE · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Drink-drive rehabilitation scheme: areas and course providers

  Publication · DVSA · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and Environment (PATH-SAFE) Programme

  Publication · FSA · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Alcohol-Specific deaths in Northern Ireland, 2015 to 2025

  Publication · NISRA · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

And 16 more items this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

How this page is made

Every Monday we search the official items Policy Radar collected in the past week (Monday to Sunday) for these words in the title: food, drink, alcohol, sugar, obesity, food standards, food security. Written questions on the same subject are grouped together, and amendments are grouped by bill. Matching on titles is quick but rough: some relevant items will be missing and a few may be off-topic. Each item links to the official page. For food and drink manufacturers and suppliers.