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Agriculture: Lancashire

Commons · Question 59940 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of agri-science on (a) improving soil health and (b) reducing chemical inputs in farming in (i) Fylde constituency and (

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 20 Jun 2025

Defra has not made any assessments or carried out any research on soil health or reducing chemical inputs in farming in (i) Fylde constituency or (ii) Lancashire, specifically. Defra understand the importance of soil health and will be developing a soil h...