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Dairy Farming: Supply Chains

Commons · Question 82315 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2025

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Asked by Sir Julian Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reductions in the prices paid to British dairy farmers by suppliers; and whether she plans to review the

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 22 Oct 2025

Prices in the dairy sector are influenced by a wide range of factors, including global market trends, input costs and consumer demand. The Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024, which came fully into force earlier this year, are designed to bri...