Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18411
Agriculture: Water Supply
Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Question
Harriet Cross
Conservative — Gordon and Buchan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the resilience of agricultural water supplies during prolonged dry weather.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Environment Agency (EA) and Defra are holding monthly National Drought Group meetings gathering intelligence from the agriculture sector on water resilience. Supplies in irrigation reservoirs have rapidly declined following a dry spring and many are n...
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