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Agriculture and Food: Skilled Workers

Asked by Shaun DaviesLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 13 November 2025UIN 906296

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help increase skills in the agriculture, food and farming sectors.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Government’s skills white paper sets out our ambition for an employer focussed skills employment system. This means equipping individuals with life and work skills, while ensuring businesses also invest in developing the current future workforce. The Farming Roadmap will set out how farming can evolve in response to changing markets, technologies, and environmental pressures, and how the Government will support this transition.

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