Petition · past parliament

Adopt the right to food into UK law

Closed 97 signatures

What the petition asks

In a food emergency, our Government does not feel a duty to step in and secure food supplies for UK citizens, assess the scale of need, nor to publish data openly to help with resilience planning and resource allocation.allocate adequate resources to address the crisis.
https://www.sustainweb.org/blogs/sep19_government_says_it_has_no_duty_to_secure_food_in_a_crisis/

https://jembendell.com/2019/03/28/notes-on-hunger-and-collapse/

Timeline

23 Sep 2019 Petition opened for signatures
6 Nov 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 97
Status Closed
Opened 23 Sep 2019
Closed 6 Nov 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.