Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

What steps she is taking to support rural farmers.

Tabled: 9 February 2023Answered: 23 February 2023

Asked by

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal DemocratNorth East Fife

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Emma Reynolds)

Securing economic growth across the country is the Government’s No. 1 mission. We are working in partnership with the Mayor of the North East, providing the North East combined authority with an integrated funding settlement from ’26-27, and working with it on its local growth plan.