Question follow-through · 110262
Agriculture: Profitability
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help improve the profitability of farming in England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Agriculture: Trade Competitiveness · 3 Feb 2026
- Agriculture: Imports · 6 Feb 2026
- Farms: Insolvency · 9 Feb 2026
- Sustainable Farming Incentive · 16 Jun 2026
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- 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
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help improve the profitability of farming in England.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Farming Roadmap and the full Government response to the Farming Profitability Review will be published later this year, setting out the wider plan to boost profitability and long-term viability. The Government is already taking forward a series of mea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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