Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 60346

Farmers: Retail Trade

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)Warrington South

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the current regulatory framework in ensuring fair treatment of (a) farmers and (b) small food producers by large retaile

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Farmers should always receive a fair price for their products, and the Government is committed to tackling unfairness in the supply chain wherever it exists. Central to this is our work to improve contractual practices in agriculture, where we are introdu...

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