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Agriculture: Climate Change

Commons · Question 30298 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Feb 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers to adapt to (a) flooding, (b) droughts and (c) other impacts of climate change.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 25 Feb 2025

Farming and food security are the foundations of a healthy and resilient economy, local community, and environment. That is why we have allocated £5 billion for the farming budget over two years, of which £1.8bn is ringfenced for our Environmental land Ma...