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Part of Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at on 11 September 2024.

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Photo of Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak Leader of the Conservative Party, Leader of HM Official Opposition

As a glimpse, in Wales, the Labour Government hammered farmers, hitting them with top-down eco-targets. Labour’s own assessment of those plans said that it would lead to thousands of job losses, less food security and would destroy rural incomes, while farmers described it as bleak and damaging. Will the Prime Minister reassure English farmers that he will not threaten their livelihoods, and will he rule out imposing those same top-down targets here?