Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97706
Sugar Beet
Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Samantha Niblett
Labour — South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that farmers are protected from the monopsony sugar beet processor.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Government recognises the importance of sugar beet farmers and their vital contribution to UK sugar production. Also, that sugar beet itself, used in crop rotations, is beneficial to soil and crop health and allows arable farms a season of “rest” from...
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