Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119651
Agriculture: Cooperatives
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Question
Callum Anderson
Labour — Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help raise awareness of the co-operative business model among new entrants to agriculture.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Government strongly supports the benefits co-operatives can bring in buying inputs, coordinating production, and selling outputs, and recognises the important role they play in promoting sustainable farming. The Government is developing the new Farmer...
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