Written questions

Agriculture: Subsidies

Commons · Question 34463 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Ann Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to extend the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme beyond 31 December 2025.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 4 Mar 2025

The Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme is an EU legacy scheme and, in England, legislation is in place to close the scheme to English Producer Organisations on 31 December 2025. The Government has committed to championing British farming, whilst protecting th...