Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of food during the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 12 May 2020Answered: 19 May 2020
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
Farming is top of the agenda, as far as I am concerned. That is why we put £5 billion to support farmers in the Budget— [ Interruption. ] The Conservatives failed to spend £300 million on farming on their watch. We have set out our road map, which has been welcomed by the National Farmers Union, as the hon. Lady very well knows. It was described as “long overdue”; I wonder who did not do it before?