Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73561
Food Supply: World War II
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will consider supporting initiatives to commemorate the role of British farmers in maintaining food security during the Second World War.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleIn May, Defra relaunched the Women’s Land Army and Timber Corps Scheme, a civilian veteran service medal scheme recognising those women volunteers who took on roles traditionally done by the men away at war by cultivating crops used to help feed the natio...
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