Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102207

Agriculture: Costs

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what analysis her Department has made of the potential relationship between environmental regulation costs and farm profitability.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Farm incomes and profitability are largely impacted by factors such as the weather, input costs and prices. The costs of regulatory compliance have a smaller effect. However, we recognise Government should try to minimise the costs of regulatory complianc...

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