Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 100345

Horticulture

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 7 January 2026

Question

Steve Barclay

ConservativeNorth East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to introduce a replacement for the UK Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme to ensure continued investment in UK horticulture and maintain competitiveness with E

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Future support for the horticulture sector is being considered alongside Defra’s work to simplify and rationalise agricultural grant funding, ensuring that grants deliver the most benefit for food security and taxpayer value. Our new Farming and Food Part...

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