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Farms: Local Government

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 November 2025UIN 90232

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has issued guidance on council farms.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra recently published the 74th annual report to Parliament on smallholdings in England. The report indicated that council farms continue to play an important role in the tenanted agricultural sector across England.

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