Question follow-through · 106429
Agriculture: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support grower-led supply chains in (a) rural areas and (b) West Dorset constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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- Rivers: Sewage · 6 Mar 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support grower-led supply chains in (a) rural areas and (b) West Dorset constituency.
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 2026
Answer published
Farmers often face power imbalances within the supply chain and can feel they have little influence on commercial negotiations. Powers in the Agriculture Act have been used to introduce ‘Fair Dealings’ Regulations, applying to businesses when purchasing a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Water Companies
29 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help improve public confidence in the water sector.
Sewage: Dorset
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of combined sewage overflows discharging into the South Winterborne at Martinstown on the environment.
Rivers: Sewage
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Environment Agency on rules governing sewage discharge into rivers during periods of heavy rainfall.
Rivers: Sewage
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce sewage discharges by water companies into rivers in rural areas.
Floods: West Dorset
13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the causes of recent flooding in West Dorset constituency.
Flood Control: West Dorset
13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve flood resilience in rural constituencies such as West Dorset constituency.
Flood Control: West Dorset
13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department provides to communities affected by flooding in West Dorset constituency.
Floods: West Dorset
13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased riparian ownership on the recent flooding in West Dorset constituency.
Landscape Recovery Scheme
13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is the total annual funding allocation for the Landscape Recovery Scheme for the current and next financial year.
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13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding will be available for new applications to the Landscape Recovery Scheme in the next application round.