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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what joint working officials in his Department are undertaking with officials in the (a) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on providing financial support for agricultural and country shows.

We regularly engage with other departments across Government in supporting the interests of rural business. The Government has made available a full range of support measures to businesses during these unprecedented times, including the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and Bounce Back Loans. These schemes are available to businesses based in rural areas.