Question follow-through · 63673
Food Supply: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) food producers and (b) suppliers facing rising input costs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) food producers and (b) suppliers facing rising input costs.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
Annual variations in farm input costs are driven by global markets. UK fertiliser farm gate prices are tied to movements in the international market, and UK fertiliser suppliers compete for market share providing the best price they can for farmers. In th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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