Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum

Land use in England - key issues and priorities moving forward

developing the policy framework | coordination & implementation | food production & long-term farming strategy | environmental & climate resilience | land management | innovation & investment | nature restoration

Morning, Friday, 4^th July 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Indra Thillainathan, Senior Analyst, Climate Change Committee; Professor Charles Godfray, Director, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford; Susan Twining, Chief Land Use Policy Adviser, Country Land and Business Association and Jack Watts, Sustainability Group Lead, National Farmers Union

Next steps for animal health, welfare and standards in the UK

priorities following the UK-EU deal & for new trade deals | biosecurity & disease control | supporting farms | health surveillance | responding to risk | compliance, transparency & consumer confidence

Morning, Monday, 7^th July 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Rich Sullivan-Jones, Director, Defra Value for Money Audit, National Audit Office; Dr Sam Strain, Chief Executive, Animal Health and Welfare NI; Donal Murphy, Deputy CEO and Head, International and Regulatory Affairs, National Office of Animal Health and Catherine McLaughlin, Chief Advisor, Animal Health and Welfare, National Farmers' Union

Next steps for obesity policy, prevention and care in England

coordination of the 10-Year Health Plan & wider food system policy | commissioning, support & local care systems | prevention & behaviour change | food environment, marketing & regulation | pharma & R&I | weight management

Morning, Friday, 11^th July 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Professor Naveed Sattar, Chair, Obesity Healthcare Goals Programme, Department of Health and Social Care; and Professor, Metabolic Medicine, University of Glasgow; Lauren Bowes Byatt, Deputy Mission Director, Healthy Life Mission, NESTA; Dr Elisa Pineda, Research Associate, Imperial College London and Professor Francesco Rubino, Chair, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, King’s College London; and Lead, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission on Clinical Obesity

Priorities for data and transparency in the food system

policy & regulation | stakeholders implications & support | government & industry collaboration | data collection & consistent metrics | quality & standardisation | consumer information & eco-labelling

Afternoon, Tuesday, 16^th September 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Lindsay Roome, Head, Food Data Transparency Partnership, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Iain Walker, Director, Industry and Engagement, GS1 UK

James LePage

Next steps for the Government’s food strategy and priorities for the UK food system

Morning, Thursday, 23^rd October 2025
Online

Keynote Speaker: James LePage, Head, Food Strategy Stakeholder Engagement, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

In Production

The Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

We'd be happy to share ideas on areas to focus on, speaker suggestions, and other ways of getting involved.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum are:

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

Baroness Brown of Cambridge

Lord Cameron of Dillington

Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP

Lord Clement-Jones

Baroness Cumberlege

The Earl of Devon

Lord Dykes

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

George Freeman MP

Barry Gardiner MP

Viscount Hanworth

Sharon Hodgson MP

Rt Hon Earl Howe

Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP

The Earl of Lindsay

Lord McColl of Dulwich

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Baroness Morris of Bolton

Lord Moynihan

Baroness Parminter

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

Lord Stone of Blackheath

Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach

Rt Hon Lord Whitty

Baroness Wilcox of Newport

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.