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 potential impact of trends in the level of farming funding on the Government's ability to reach it's (a) nature recovery and (b) net zero targets.

The level of farming funding in future financial years will be confirmed as part of the Government’s spending review.

We know farmers require stability in order for the Government to reach its nature recovery and net zero targets. We have already started to deliver on our commitment to restore stability by continuing the rollout of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, and will go further by optimising our schemes and grants, ensuring they produce the right outcomes for all farmers including small, grassland, upland and tenanted farms, while delivering food security and nature recovery in a just and equitable way.