Question follow-through · 84052
Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide (a) guidance and (b) support to farmers on water efficiency measures to help protect future food supply.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide (a) guidance and (b) support to farmers on water efficiency measures to help protect future food supply.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2025
Answer published
Defra works closely with the Environment Agency on water resourcing and smart farming. The Environment Agency’s recently published National Framework for Water Resources sets out how water efficiency is being promoted in collaboration with farmers and gro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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