Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23800

Farms: Tenants

Tabled: 25 April 2024
Answered: 2 May 2024
Named Day

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

LabourCity of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of current legal protections afforded to tenant farmers.

Answer

Defra is working with the Farm Tenancy Forum to closely monitor and understand the application and impact of current legal protections afforded to tenant farmers. This will be further explored in Defra’s June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture. We wil...

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