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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on implementing the findings of the Farming Profitability Review 2025.

Baroness Batters’ Review offers a clear assessment of the challenges alongside 57 recommendations for strengthening farm businesses. We are carefully considering the findings and recommendations with the sector to support farmers to access the tools and opportunities to succeed.

That is what the 25-year Farming Roadmap, to be published in 2026, will deliver. It will bring together our work on regulation, innovation, skills, investment and environmental recovery into a single, long-term plan for the sector.

The report will inform Defra policy including the development of the Farming Roadmap, the Food Strategy and the recently published Land Use Framework, as well as wider government missions, especially economic growth. This will help ensure our farming sector is more viable, self-sustaining and competitive in the long-term.