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Sugar Beet: Disease Control

Commons · Question 49115 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 May 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the beet sugar industry’s Virus Yellows resilience fund.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 8 May 2025

This Government acknowledges the critical role of sugar beet farmers in the UK's sugar production and their ongoing contributions to the agricultural sector. This Government recognises the challenge posed to sugar beet growers by Virus Yellows (VY), and w...