Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 127300

Organic Farming: Buckinghamshire

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK-Japan organic equivalency agreement on organic farmers and producers in Buckinghamshire.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Japan is the second largest organic market in Asia, valued at an estimated £1.4 billion in 2023, and expanding rapidly, driven by Japanese government initiatives to promote organic consumption domestically. The UK-Japan agreement to formally recognise the...

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