Question follow-through · 24070
Sheep: Livestock Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support British sheep farmers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 6 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 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support British sheep farmers.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government has committed to support the farming sector, including sheep farmers, through a farming budget of £5 billion over two years, including £2.4 billion in 2025/26. Our environmental land management schemes, such as the Sustainable Farming Incen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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