Question follow-through · 97702
Agriculture: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to adapt existing farming subsidy schemes to incentivise the (a) housing of (i) pigs and (ii) poultry in woodland and (b) the planting of woodland in permanent p
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 6 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
5 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to adapt existing farming subsidy schemes to incentivise the (a) housing of (i) pigs and (ii) poultry in woodland and (b) the planting of woodland in permanent p
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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11 Dec 2025
Answer published
Our in-field agroforestry offers under the Environmental Land Management schemes include support for establishing and maintaining silvopastoral systems, where trees are planted in pasture to realise their multiple benefits such as enhanced animal welfare ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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