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 implications for his polices of recent trends in levels of protests relating to farming.

British farming is at the heart of British trade. The Government continues to support British farmers, placing agriculture at the forefront of negotiations, prioritising new export opportunities, protecting UK food standards and removing market access barriers.

The Government is committed to maintaining the £2.4 billion annual farming budget which will support farmers to produce food profitably and sustainably and are also looking at ways to further improve fairness in the supply chain and support British farmers and growers, as well as ensuring customers have access to high-quality fresh British products. In addition to this, the Government is committed to protecting nature and helping to meet our net zero ambitions.