Event

Future of Britain: Food Policy and Regulation panel discussion

The discussion on migration to the UK, food policy and regulation and consumer regulation.

Event date:

3rd October 2020 14:00
Format:

online

As part of our Future of Britain deliberative poll on 3rd and 4th October 2020, we held three expert panels on topics under discussion over the weekend on migration to the UK, food policy and regulation and consumer regulation.

Panellists responded to questions submitted by study participants following small group discussions.

Panellists:

• Rob Percival, Head of Food and Health Policy, Soil Association

• Nick von Westenholz, Director of EU Exit and International Trade, National Farmers' Union

• Charlotte Burns, Professorial Fellow, University of Sheffield.

Chair: Sir John Curtice, Senior Fellow of the National Centre for Social Research and UK in a Changing Europe.

Speakers

Sir John Curtice

Senior Research Fellow National Centre for Social Research

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Sir John Curtice is Senior Research Fellow at NatCen, Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University, and Chief Commentator on the What UK Thinks: EU and What Scotland Thinks websites.
He has been a regular contributor to the annual British Social Attitudes report since 1986 and an editor since 1994. He has also been a Co-Director of the Scottish Social Attitudes survey since its foundation in 1999, and his analyses of Scottish public opinion in the run up to the independence referendum were frequently featured throughout the campaigns.
In 2018, he received a knighthood in the New Year's Honours list. Sir John is a regular media commentator on both British and Scottish politics.
Rob Percival

Head of Food and Health Policy Soil Association
Nick von Westenholz

Director of EU Exit and International Trade National Farmers' Union
Charlotte Burns

Professorial Fellow University of Sheffield