Source · Select Committees · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
1st Report - The Government’s vision for farming
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
HC 906
Published 16 May 2025
Recommendations
4
Deferred
Urgently set out vision for farming sector and food security in 25-year Farming Roadmap.
Recommendation
The Government should urgently set out its vision for the farming sector, achieving food security and the future of the Farming and Countryside Programme in its proposed 25-year Farming Roadmap, and in advance of making significant major changes to farming …
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Government Response Summary
The government's response discusses inheritance tax reforms and agricultural property relief, which is unrelated to the recommendation for a vision for the farming sector or the 25-year Farming Roadmap, thus deflecting from the original request.
8
Deferred
Require Government to outline next SFI iteration and farm profitability plan by October 2025
Recommendation
The Government should set out what the next iteration of SFI will look like and the date it will be open for applications in the response to this report. It must also state how it intends to increase farm profitability, …
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Government Response Summary
The government defers providing full details on the next SFI iteration and its application date, committing to more information later this summer. It also defers stating how it will increase farm profitability by announcing a new review of farming profitability, to be led by Baroness Minette Batters.