PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Agriculture: Public Consultation (18 April 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Building a Great Future regional stakeholder events announced by her Department on 6 April 2017 are intended to inform the forthcoming 25 Year Plan on Food and Farming.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The prime purpose of these events was to feed into a 25 year plan for food and farming, as well as feed into future policy options on food, farming and fishing. A general election has now been called by the Prime Minister and in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance governing the pre-election period we are pausing our stakeholder engagement on future policy until after the election. These events have therefore been postponed.

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
24 April 2017