Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

21 April 2026

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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee House of Commons

00:05 - 00:36
Speaker 1
Good morning, and welcome to this meeting of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee order order.  We are delighted to join this morning by colleagues from the Groceries Court adjudicator and the Agricultural Supply Chain adjudicator.  Welcome, gentlemen.  Can I just, for the benefit of those who are following our proceedings and indeed for our own official record, I invite you to give us your names and your roles, please?  Richard, I'll take 
00:36 - 00:40
Speaker 2
you first.  Yes.  Richard Thompson, the agricultural supply chain adjudicator at DEFRA. 
00:42 - 00:45
Speaker 3
Thank you, chair.  Mark White, groceries code adjudicator. 
00:45 - 01:07
Speaker 1
Okay.  Well, you're both very welcome.  And indeed, it has turned out to be a timely appearance for all manner of reasons.  Not least Mark, because you're now going to be coming under the umbrella of DEFRA rather than the Department for Business and Trade.  Welcome to the DEFRA family. 

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