Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

What steps she is taking to help increase the profitability of farming.

Tabled: 11 December 2025Answered: 18 December 2025

Asked by

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Emma Reynolds)

As this House knows, Baroness Batters is a long-standing champion of British farming. Today, the Government have published her independent farming profitability review 2025, which we commissioned earlier this year. We will set out a more detailed response in the new year, but I can confirm today that, following her recommendations, we are establishing a farming and food partnership board to give farmers a stronger voice in Government. We will take forward sector plans to build profitability in sectors with great potential, and we will seek to boost private finance into farming.