Written questions

Sugar: Regulation

Commons · Question 61237 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the Common Market Organisation Regulation for sugar on the UK sugar industry.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 24 Jun 2025

The Government recognises the importance of sugar beet farmers and their vital contribution to UK sugar production. Also, that sugar beet itself, used in crop rotations, is beneficial to soil and crop health and allows arable farms a season of “rest” from...