Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 127394

Agricultural Machinery: Safety

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 20 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Andrew Cooper

LabourMid Cheshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the adoption of (a) advanced safety technology and (b) Human Form Recognition systems on agricultural machinery to reduce the number of

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Through the Farming Innovation Programme, the Government is providing £50 million as part the Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) fund to support on farm trials and adoption of the latest agricultural equipment. This can support...

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