Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75039

Agriculture: Biomethane

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

ConservativeChingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage crop-based biomethane to support regenerative farming practices.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
British farmers are world-leaders and know their own land best - carefully planning their planting to suit the weather, their soil type, and their long-term agronomic strategy. It is not Government policy to determine which crops farmers should prioritise...

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