Question follow-through · 51797

Farms: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visits have Ministers in his Department made to farms in Lincolnshire since the announcement of proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief o

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
22 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visits have Ministers in his Department made to farms in Lincolnshire since the announcement of proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief o

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 May 2025

    Answer published

    Defra ministers regularly visit farms in a range of counties and meet with farmers and the wider industry nearly every week.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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