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Right To Food UK Commission

EDM (Early Day Motion) 2678: tabled on 26 January 2026

Tabled in the 2024-26 session.

This motion has been signed by 38 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House welcomes the establishment of the Right To Food UK Commission, launched in Parliament in November 2025, to produce an evidence-based roadmap for Right To Food legislation by Autumn 2026; recognises the Commission’s vital role in exposing the scale and causes of food poverty and hunger in the UK; supports its work to highlight the unacceptable normalisation of food insecurity and to identify practical, long-term solutions; urges the Commission to provide the Government, devolved administrations and policy makers with a clear route to ending food poverty; endorses the Commission’s development of comprehensive and enforceable Right To Food legislation grounded in the Right To Food Campaign’s five core demands of universal free school meals, transparency on food costs, an independent regulatory body, funding for community kitchens, and legally guaranteed food security; and wishes the Commission well as it begins its community-led, evidence-gathering sessions across all four nations, starting in Liverpool and continuing in Newcastle, Glasgow, Belfast, Cardiff, and London.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
Hayes and Harlington
Leishman, Brian
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
Alloa and Grangemouth
Witherden, Steve
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
City of Durham
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
Salford
Duncan-Jordan, Neil
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
Poole
Hinchliff, Chris
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2026
North East Hertfordshire
Berry, Siân
Green Party
Signed on 27 January 2026
Brighton Pavilion
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 28 January 2026
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 28 January 2026
York Central
Hussain, Imran
Labour
Signed on 28 January 2026
Bradford East
Eastwood, Sorcha
Alliance
Signed on 28 January 2026
Lagan Valley
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 28 January 2026
Blyth and Ashington
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 29 January 2026
Normanton and Hemsworth
Denyer, Carla
Green Party
Signed on 2 February 2026
Bristol Central
Ramsay, Adrian
Green Party
Signed on 2 February 2026
Waveney Valley
Chowns, Dr Ellie
Green Party
Signed on 2 February 2026
North Herefordshire
Webb, Chris
Labour
Signed on 2 February 2026
Blackpool South
Mohamed, Iqbal
Independent
Signed on 2 February 2026
Dewsbury and Batley
Eccles, Cat
Labour
Signed on 2 February 2026
Stourbridge
Lamb, Peter
Labour
Signed on 2 February 2026
Crawley
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 2 February 2026
Belfast South and Mid Down
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 4 February 2026
Poplar and Limehouse
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on 4 February 2026
Islington North
Spencer, Hannah
Green Party
Signed on 23 March 2026
Gorton and Denton
Eastwood, Colum
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 23 March 2026
Foyle
Lewell, Emma
Labour
Signed on 26 March 2026
South Shields
Barron, Lee
Labour
Signed on 13 April 2026
Corby and East Northamptonshire
Abbott, Ms Diane
Independent
Signed on 20 April 2026
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Opher, Dr Simon
Labour
Signed on 30 April 2026
Stroud

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.