Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82315

Dairy Farming: Supply Chains

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Sir Julian Smith

ConservativeSkipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reductions in the prices paid to British dairy farmers by suppliers; and whether she plans to review the

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Prices in the dairy sector are influenced by a wide range of factors, including global market trends, input costs and consumer demand. The Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024, which came fully into force earlier this year, are designed to bri...

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