Agriculture: Subsidies
Commons · Question 20072 · Tabled 13 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has conducted an impact assessment of the decision to accelerate reduction of direct payments to farming businesses.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 17 Dec 2024
The Government has committed to support farmers through a farming budget of £5 billion over two years, including £2.4 billion in 2025/26. Accelerating the phase out of Direct Payments will allow us to focus more of this funding on Environmental Land Manag...