Question follow-through · 77503
Farmers: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to support tenant stock-rearing farmers with the costs of (a) rising feed, (b) energy and (c) national insurance costs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 30 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
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to support tenant stock-rearing farmers with the costs of (a) rising feed, (b) energy and (c) national insurance costs.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government’s New Deal for Farmers includes a raft of new policies and major investment to boost profits for farmers. We have allocated a record £11.8 billion to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. With regard to these specif...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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