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...