Found: , the UK food security landscape can be assessed across the five themes established under the Agriculture Act

Found: Food security is a multifaceted topic, yet its exact meaning is often misunderstood The UK’s Agriculture Act

Found: reduce the risk and severity of wildfires is provided through the Climate Change Act (2008), Agriculture Act

Found: reduce the risk and severity of wildfires is provided through the Climate Change Act (2008), Agriculture Act

Found: We have had an Agriculture Act and an Environment Act but no food Act.

Found: The 2020 Agriculture Act requires government to report regularly on food security.

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Found: What came from the Agriculture Act 2020, the post-Brexit structure, was the triennial Food Security Report

Found: What came from the Agriculture Act 2020, the post-Brexit structure, was the triennial Food Security

Found: Policy framework developed and issued during the agricultural transition period following the Agriculture Act

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to tackle late payments to farmers from supermarkets.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Fairness within the agricultural supply chain is a key priority for the Government and is also important to our food security; one of Defra’s core priorities. We are using powers in the Agriculture Act to introduce ‘Fair Dealings’ Regulations, applying to businesses when purchasing agricultural products from farmers. These regulations could mandate that contracts include certain information, such as payment terms, and set parameters around these details.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of supermarket pricing practices on farm incomes in North East Hampshire; and what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the ability of farmers to negotiate fair prices for their produce.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Fairness within the agricultural supply chain is a key priority for the Government.

The Government will use powers in the Agriculture Act to introduce ‘Fair Dealings’ Regulations, applying to businesses when purchasing agricultural products from farmers.

A sector-by-sector approach has been adopted. The first use of the powers led to the Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations (2024) for the dairy sector. The second led to ‘Fair Dealing’ regulations for the pig sector.

The regulations are enforced by the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator, who can investigate relevant complaints from farmers.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding will be available for new applications to the Landscape Recovery Scheme in the next application round.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government has allocated a record £11.8 billion to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. Defra has set out how it plans to spend this budget on its farming blog here and here.

Landscape Recovery is part of the Environmental Land Management offer. Projects run over multiple years. In December 2025, Defra announced plans to spend £500m on the implementation of the first tranche of Round 1 agreements over the next 25 years. Further details on the timing of future rounds, and their funding, will follow in due course.

In line with its obligations under the Agriculture Act 2020, Defra regularly publishes an annual report, setting out commitments in the previous financial year, including Farming and Countryside Programme spend broken down by each scheme. The latest report, covering financial year 2024/25, can be accessed here: Farming and Countryside Programme annual report 2024 to 2025 (HTML version) - GOV.UK

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is the total annual funding allocation for the Landscape Recovery Scheme for the current and next financial year.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government has allocated a record £11.8 billion to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. Defra has set out how it plans to spend this budget on its farming blog here and here.

Landscape Recovery is part of the Environmental Land Management offer. Projects run over multiple years. In December 2025, Defra announced plans to spend £500m on the implementation of the first tranche of Round 1 agreements over the next 25 years. Further details on the timing of future rounds, and their funding, will follow in due course.

In line with its obligations under the Agriculture Act 2020, Defra regularly publishes an annual report, setting out commitments in the previous financial year, including Farming and Countryside Programme spend broken down by each scheme. The latest report, covering financial year 2024/25, can be accessed here: Farming and Countryside Programme annual report 2024 to 2025 (HTML version) - GOV.UK

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the annual farming budget for (1) 2025–26, and (2) 2026–27; and how the spending is broken down for each year.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government has allocated a record £11.8 billion to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. On 12 March 2025 we set out how we planned to spend the budget [see attached] (£5 billion) across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years.

On 16 June 2026, following the 2025 Spending Review, we set out indicative funding figures [see attached] for the 2026-27 to 2028-29 financial years, including plans to increase the amount of money paid to farmers under Environmental Land Management schemes from £800m in 2023/24 towards £2bn by 2028/29.

Please note final allocations will be agreed through business planning.

In line with its obligations under the Agriculture Act 2020, Defra regularly publishes an annual report, setting out commitments in the previous financial year, including Farming and Countryside Programme spend broken down by each scheme. The latest report covers the financial year 2024/25, and can be accessed here: Farming and Countryside Programme annual report [see attached].

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UK’s vulnerability to external shocks in food supply.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The UK has a resilient food supply chain that is well equipped to deal with situations that have the potential to cause disruption. Defra works closely with industry and across Government to identify and monitor risks to food supply.

In compliance with the Agriculture Act 2020, the United Kingdom Food Security Report (UKFSR) is presented to Parliament at least once every three years, most recently in 2024. This examines past, current, and future trends relevant to food security and presents a full and impartial analysis of UK food security. In the intervening years, the UK Food Security Digest (UKFSD) is published containing a selection of summary statistics on issues relevant to a range of aspects of food security, drawn from national and international sources. The most recent report was published on 11 December 2025.

Found: Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under sections 12(8) and 50(6)(a) of the Agriculture Act 2020

Found: as: the Water Industry National Environment Improvement Programme and ELMS schemes under the Agriculture Act

Found: Summary non-motoring 101 Adulteration of Food, Drug, etc. 10102 10102 - Summary offences under Agriculture Act

Found: the resources and waste AoS topic Document title Date Relevance to the draft HENPS UK-Wide Agriculture Act

Found: dairy and pig sectors • tackling contractual unfairness wherever it exists using powers in the Agriculture Act

Found: report on their landscape management over the next 12 months, such as exploring the scope of the Agriculture Act

Found: report on their landscape management over the next 12 months, such as exploring the scope of the Agriculture Act

Found: report on their landscape management over the next 12 months, such as exploring the scope of the Agriculture Act

Found: report on their landscape management over the next 12 months, such as exploring the scope of the Agriculture Act

Found: Agriculture Act 2020: Post-Legislative Assessment

Found: Agriculture Act 2020: Post-Legislative Assessment

Found: deer at night is conducted in pursuance of a Notice issued by DEFRA under section 98 of the Agriculture Act

Found: Other Notifiable Offences Falsification of registration returns and records of a levy scheme Agriculture Act

Found: way (non motoring) offences 9 Miscellaneous crimes against society 10102 Summary offences under Agriculture Act

Found: Armed Forces Act 2006 AG70014 Contravene a prohibition / restriction imposed by regulations AG70 Agriculture Act

Found: also considered changes in the food supply landscape since the last review, most notably the Agriculture Act

Found: Competent Authorities must appoint one or more Agriculture Analyst as required by 67(3) of the Agriculture Act

Found: AND ABBREVIATIONS Agricultural analyst Has the meaning as defined in section 66(1) of the Agriculture Act

Found: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) specified in Section 86(3) of the Agriculture Act

Found: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) specified in Section 86(3) of the Agriculture Act

Found: authority delivery was assessed against the requirements of animal feed legislation including the Agriculture Act

Found: EIP23 introduced new powers and duties from the Environment Act, Agriculture Act, and the Fisheries

Found: Overview of legislation and policy context 9 2.1 Environment Act (2021) 9 2.2 Agriculture Act (2020

Found: Overview of legislation and policy context 7 2.1 Environment Act (2021) 7 2.2 Agriculture Act (2020

Found: Overview of legislation and policy context 5 2.1 Environment Act (2021) 5 2.2 Agriculture Act (2020

Found: Overview of legislation and policy context 5 2.1 Environment Act (2021) 5 2.2 Agriculture Act (2020

Found: Overview of legislation and policy context 7 2.1 Environment Act (2021) 7 2.2 Agriculture Act (2020

Found: Overview of legislation and policy context 8 2.1 Environment Act (2021) 8 2.2 Agriculture Act (2020

Found: The UK Agriculture Act (202 0) [88] contains provisions regarding the improvement of soil quality.

Found: FSA and FSS have provided advice to the UK government under Section 42 of the Agriculture Act 2020.

Found: Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under sections 12(8) and 50(6)(a) of the Agriculture Act 2020

Found: also considered changes in the food supply landscape since the last review, most notably the Agriculture Act

Found: by sections 3 and 7 of the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949(a ) and section 67 of the Agriculture Act

Found: provision in the Environment Act 11 (section 4(i)) and the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (“the Agriculture Act

Found: Annex 2: glossary Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 Also referred to as ‘the Agriculture Act’: new Welsh legislation

Found: The following legislation governs the sale of animal feed and forage: • The Agriculture Act 1970

Found: Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Objectives set out in The Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (‘the Agriculture Act

Found: Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Objectives set out in The Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (‘the Agriculture Act

Found: Assembly and Northern Ireland Orders in Council) Identifying the information to be provided UK • Agriculture Act