Question follow-through · 906296
Agriculture and Food: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help increase skills in the agriculture, food and farming sectors.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 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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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help increase skills in the agriculture, food and farming sectors.
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government’s skills white paper sets out our ambition for an employer focussed skills employment system. This means equipping individuals with life and work skills, while ensuring businesses also invest in developing the current future workforce. The ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Tree Planting
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Government's progress in meeting reforestation targets.
Fly-tipping
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to reduce fly-tipping and strengthen the power of local authorities to prevent fly-tipping.
Pet Travel Scheme
7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Department's answer of 20 October 2025 to Written Question 80401: Pet Travel Scheme, what recent steps she has taken to negotiate a pet passport scheme.