Question follow-through · 6852
Horticulture
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) prevailing market conditions and (b) trends in the level of input costs for the horticultural sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) prevailing market conditions and (b) trends in the level of input costs for the horticultural sector.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2026
Answer published
Defra continues to work closely with all cropping sectors as they face higher input costs particularly for fuel, energy, and fertiliser. At the March 2026 meeting of the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group (UKAMMG), Defra and the Devolved Governments d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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