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Tenant Farmers Commissioner

Asked by Callum AndersonLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 80260

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to measure the effectiveness of the Tenant Farmers Commissioner’s work.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Commissioner for the Tenant farming sector will report to the joint Defra and industry Farm Tenancy Forum on delivery of the Commissioner’s services, including on insights from engagement with the sector and the number and type of informal and formal complaints the Commissioner has received (unattributed and redacted). This will enable ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of and demand for the Commissioners services.

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