Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75002

Movement Assistance Scheme

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim Allister

Traditional Unionist VoiceNorth Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his decision not to extend the Movement Assistance Scheme beyond 30 June 2025 on Northern Ireland buyers of impacted Great Britai

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra, like other Government departments, must prioritise its spending as part of the work to tackle the financial situation this Government inherited. The Department considered evidence on scheme closure from supermarkets and other retailers, producers a...

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