Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 12 November 2025.
Robin Swann
UUP, South Antrim
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Farming Profitability Review, which stakeholders in Northern Ireland gave evidence to the Review.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Under the Terms of Reference, Baroness Batters’s Farming Profitability Review is an England-only review. Baroness Batters wrote an open letter to stakeholders and received responses from organisations that represent farmers in Northern Ireland. This included Northern Ireland-specific organisations, and organisations covering the whole of the UK. The department is considering her recommendations carefully.
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