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
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- Answering body
- 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
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
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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