Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119281
Farms: Weather
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of extreme weather events on small-scale farms in the last two years.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra has made no assessment of the potential impacts of extreme weather on small farms. The Government has allocated £11.8bn to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament, including £5.9bn for environmental farming schemes. Defra is foc...
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