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Sustainable Farming Incentive

Asked by Aphra BrandrethConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 2 April 2025UIN 39264

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of notice the National Farmers' Union was provided with before his Department announced that the Sustainable Farming Incentive

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

As with all demand-led schemes there comes a point when they are fully-subscribed. We ensured farmers and their representative bodies were made aware when that happened.

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