On 27 October 2026 the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee held a public oral evidence session on the future of farming with Defra minister Stephen Morgan MP and two Defra officials, according to the committee's own event record and Parliament TV, which shows the meeting ran from 10.01am to 12.11pm.
Hunch. The committee had nothing at all in its diary beyond 15 September when this report came out, the first 24 days of the window are recess, and a sitting with ministers is normally fixed weeks ahead.
The evidence market resolves on the committee's own record at committees.parliament.uk, which publishes each meeting and its witness list on the day. It resolves YES if, on or before 29 October 2026, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee holds a public oral evidence session with at least one witness who is a minister or an official of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The subject of the session does not have to be Thames Water. Written evidence, a letter or a private briefing does not count. If the committee pages have not updated, Hansard's committee record and the BBC settle it.
After half of the 28 reports, the department was back within 41 days. We looked at every report this committee has published since January 2020, leaving out hearings on appointments and this report itself. For each we counted the days until a minister or an official from the environment department next gave evidence to the committee in person. That session does not have to be about the report. One sitting can follow several reports: three of the eight shown here led to the same sitting on 7 July 2026, and two to one on 9 September 2025.