Question follow-through · 92749

Farming Profitability Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to publishing Minette Batters’ farming profitability review in full.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commit to publishing Minette Batters’ farming profitability review in full.

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Defra has worked with Baroness Minette Batters on a Farming Profitability Review to help farm businesses grow and contribute to the economy. The department is grateful for her hard work to finalise this review and Defra is carefully looking at the 57 reco...

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