Question follow-through · 76546
Agriculture: Cooperatives
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential impact of agricultural cooperatives on the rural economy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential impact of agricultural cooperatives on the rural economy.
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government strongly supports the benefits co-operatives can bring and recognises the important role they play in rural communities. For instance, through collaborating farmers and growers can benefit from peer to peer learning, being able to share equ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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