Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 116780

Crops and Ethanol: Imports

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the level of import of (a) maize, (b) oilseed rape, (c) ethanol and (d) wheat in each of the next five years.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Imports supplement domestic production and ensure any disruption from risks such as adverse weather or disease do not affect the UK's overall security of food supply. The UK agricultural sector is highly resilient and adaptable and operates in an open mar...
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