Question follow-through · 62827
Agriculture: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade o
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade o
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jul 2025
Answer published
Ministers and officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) worked closely with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to develop the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, such as on the inclusion of agri-tech to support gr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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