PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(18 November 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase domestic food security, in the context of recent changes to the rules for Agricultural Property Relief.

Asked by:
Lee Anderson (Reform UK)

Food security is national security. We need a resilient and healthy food system that works with nature and supports British farmers, fishers and food producers. That is why this Government will introduce a new deal for farmers to boost rural economic growth and strengthen Britain's food security.

This Government will: cut energy bills by switching on GB Energy; protect farmers from being undercut in trade deals; and use the Government’s own purchasing power to back British produce.

The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief here, and further explanatory information here.

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