Question follow-through · 11661
Horticulture: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending agricultural compensation schemes to horticultural businesses impacted by forestry diseases such as Ash dieback.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending agricultural compensation schemes to horticultural businesses impacted by forestry diseases such as Ash dieback.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2024
Answer published
Our policy is not to pay compensation for plant health measures. We believe that resources are best directed at detection of pests and diseases, risk management and proactive assessment of emerging threats. We also invest in research programmes that enhan...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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