Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 49115

Sugar Beet: Disease Control

Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the beet sugar industry’s Virus Yellows resilience fund.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
This Government acknowledges the critical role of sugar beet farmers in the UK's sugar production and their ongoing contributions to the agricultural sector. This Government recognises the challenge posed to sugar beet growers by Virus Yellows (VY), and w...

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