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National Food Insecurity Bill

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Require Her Majesty’s Government to monitor and report on food insecurity; to make provision for official statistics on food insecurity; and for connected purposes.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: –

1: Interpretation

(1) For the purpose of this act ‘Food Insecurity’ is a state in which an individual’s capacity to access nutritional and readily available food is limited or reduced significantly by a lack of money and resources at times during the year.

(2) For the purpose of this act, ‘Regions of England and Wales’ refers to the NUTS1 Statistical Data regions

2: Duty of Government to monitor and report on food insecurity

(1) The Secretary of State must establish annual monitoring of and reporting on household food insecurity in the United Kingdom.

(2) The Secretary of State is responsible for the public publication, availability and storage of this information.

3: Reporting Food Insecurity

(1) The Secretary of State must lay before each Parliament, on a yearly basis, a report of which to make provision for official statistics for the monitoring of household food insecurity in the United Kingdom, including provision for the inclusion in the annual Living Costs, adjusted for inflation and other factors.

(2)Any other factors, such as-

a. national or global economic situation,

b. food supply and production,

c. weather, seasons and natural disasters

Are to be included within the report, with explanations as to how this may have affected food insecurity.

(3) Before publication of a report, the Secretary of State must-

a. consult individuals who are knowledgeable on food insecurity in the UK as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, and-

b. have due regard to international best practice on food insecurity, examining the situation of food insecurity in other nations elsewhere

(4) As soon as practicable after the publication each year of Living Costs and Food Survey data, the Secretary of State must publish an annual report on food insecurity.

(5) The Secretary of State’s annual report must include—

a. an assessment of trends in food insecurity, broken down by different regions of England and Wales

b. a summary of actions to be taken in areas of high food insecurity by Her Majesty’s Government

(6) The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a copy of each report prepared under subsection (4).

4: Extent, commencement and short title

a. This Act extends to all territories of the United Kingdom

b. This Act comes into force one year after Royal Assent

c. This Act may be cited as the National Food Insecurity Act 2018

Submitted by /u/R_Temple_ on behalf of the National Unionist Party.

This reading ends on 21st September.