Question follow-through · 28147
Agriculture: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase water security for Farmers in Devon during heatwaves.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase water security for Farmers in Devon during heatwaves.
10 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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18 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is taking forward a range of measures to strengthen agricultural water resilience to droughts and heatwaves. Defra has recently announced that it is opening a round of Water Management Grants, with up to £15m available to help farmers build...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Correspondence
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