Question follow-through · 904884
Agriculture: Sustainable Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Northern Ireland Executive to support sustainable agriculture.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Northern Ireland Executive to support sustainable agriculture.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2025
Answer published
Agriculture is a devolved policy in the UK. Defra and the other UK nations work closely together through the consensus-based and well-established governance arrangements we have set up and operate under the Agricultural Support Framework. The regular meet...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Seafood: Imports
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Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Landscape Recovery Scheme
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