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Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quantity of (1) brassicas, (2) salad foodstuffs, (3) fruit, and (4) vegetables, that remain unpicked due to a shortage of workers; and what impact they expect this to have on (a) food prices, and (b) the Consumer Price Index.  HL2749

Question HL2749: tabled on 15 September 2021 and due for answer by 29 September 2021

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Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quantity of (1) brassicas, (2) salad foodstuffs, (3) fruit, and (4) vegetables, that remain unpicked due to a shortage of workers; and what impact they expect this to have on (a) food prices, and (b) the Consumer Price Index.  HL2749
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Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
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