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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made on plans for farming subsidies after Britain leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.

‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit’ published in February 2018 set out a clear direction of travel for future farm support in England. This consultation paper proposed a new system of paying farmers and land managers ‘public money for public goods’. The consultation closed in May and we intend to bring forward an Agriculture Bill shortly.