Written questions

Food: Production

Commons · Question 34553 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Charlie Maynard

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a Food Production Relief Scheme to provide targeted relief on (a) energy costs and (b) business rates for essential food producers.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 7 Mar 2025

This Government has a cast iron commitment to food production. We have committed £5 billion over this year and next to the farming and countryside programme which includes the largest ever amount for sustainable food production. We have also committed to ...