Question follow-through · 53718

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the UK sugar beet farming industry.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
20 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
3 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the UK sugar beet farming industry.

  2. 22 May 2025

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  3. 3 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    On 8 May, the UK Government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This delivers on the commitment by the Prime Minister and the President on 27 February to ag...

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Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Fens Reservoir construction on the (a) A141 Heath Road and (b) B1050 Chatteris Road.

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Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when work on the proposed Fens Reservoir is due to commence.

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Reservoirs: Cambridgeshire

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of compulsory purchase orders that will be required in Huntingdon constituency as a result of the construction of the Fens Reservoir.

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Incinerators: Regulation

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Trade Agreements: USA

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4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 53292 on Farms: Domestic Visits, if he will list (a) the 14 farms he has visited, (b) the size of each farm in acres, (c) the type

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: National Security

27 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Number 10 press release entitled UK to deliver on 5% NATO pledge as Government drives greater security for working people, published on 23 June 2025, if he will l

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Floods: Huntingdon

27 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the reclassification of the St Ives Staunch as a navigation, rather than a flooding, asset on the risk of flooding from the River

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Floods: Huntingdon

7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 63361 on Floods: Huntingdon; what works the Environment Agency will undertake on the St Ives Staunch Sluice in the next two years.

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Floods: Huntingdon

7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July to Question 63361 on Floods: Huntingdon, if will she publish the (a) hydraulic modelling and (b) real-world data from flood events relating to the St I