Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 22958
Arable Farming: Weather
Tabled: 9 January 2025
Answered: 17 January 2025
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the impact of (a) increased rainfall and (b) storms on arable farm output.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government – only 92% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition. To ensure we ...
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