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Agriculture: Subsidies

Asked by Ann DaviesPlaid CymruDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 March 2025UIN 34463

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to extend the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme beyond 31 December 2025.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme is an EU legacy scheme and, in England, legislation is in place to close the scheme to English Producer Organisations on 31 December 2025. The Government has committed to championing British farming, whilst protecting the environment, and is currently considering the best way to support our farming sectors in the future, including horticulture.

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