Question follow-through · 41711
Sugar Beet
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of confirming NFU Sugar as the UK sugar beet growers’ representative in contract negotiations with British Sugar.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of confirming NFU Sugar as the UK sugar beet growers’ representative in contract negotiations with British Sugar.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of sugar beet farmers and their vital contribution to UK sugar production. Also, that sugar beet itself, used in crop rotations, is beneficial to soil and crop health and allows arable farms a season of “rest” from...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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