Oral QuestionDepartment for International Trade

“What recent assessment she has made of the potential contribution of future foreign direct investment to the economy of each region of the UK.”

Tabled: 2 March 2020Answered: 5 March 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs (Daniel Zeichner)

The Labour Government have committed £5 billion to the agricultural budget over the next two years—the biggest budget for sustainable food production and nature recovery in our history. It is good for British farming, it is good for the country, and it should be welcomed by the Opposition.