Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 12 June 2025Answered: 19 June 2025

Asked by

Chris Kane

LabourStirling and Strathallan

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

Daniel Zeichner

I am delighted to hear that news. I assure my hon. Friend that we are looking very closely at how we can use the co-operative model to boost the rural economy, particularly in respect of farming profitability, as we know that access to new private market opportunities is not always straightforward.