Sugar Beet: Disease Control
Commons · Question 49116 · 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, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to the homegrown sugar industry in fast-tracking trials to help tackle Virus Yellows disease.
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...