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Agriculture: Subsidies

Asked by Edward MorelloLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 5 March 2025UIN 34182

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to ensure that agricultural environmental payments will be adjusted in line with inflation.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Prices in Environmental Land Management schemes have increased three times in the last three years to reflect inflation and pay a fairer price for action. In 2022 and 2023 prices in Countryside Stewardship increased and at the National Farmers’ Union Conference last week the Secretary of State announced an increase in prices for Higher Level Stewardship agreements.

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