Question follow-through · 8864
Farmers: Income
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that farmers have a stable income.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that farmers have a stable income.
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government strongly believes in the importance of farming. For this Government, food security is national security, requiring a sustainable, resilient and healthy food system that works with nature and supports British Farmers. The Government underst...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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