Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61237

Sugar: Regulation

Tabled: 19 June 2025

Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the Common Market Organisation Regulation for sugar on the UK sugar industry.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The 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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