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Business: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on rural entrepreneurship.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 7 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 11 Feb 2025
Answer: 17 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on rural entrepreneurship.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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