The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs continues to progress plans for our departure from the EU, including preparing a c

I am sympathetic to the issue raised by sugar beet growers.

It was a pleasure to have the hon. Lady on the Agriculture Bill Committee, where she raised some of those issues.

It is in everyone’s interests to secure a good deal with the EU and that is exactly what we are committed to.

Provisional figures for 2017 show 327 badgers were vaccinated under licence from Natural England.

Landowners and private groups across England can apply to Natural England for a licence to vaccinate badgers against TB.

We have no plans to remove the five hectare minimum qualification for receiving Direct Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme in England

There are already a range of independent organisations that offer agronomic advice to farmers.

The total number of staff employed by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 31 May 2016, 30 June 2016 and 30 November 201

Defra has funded research to model the impact of vaccination of badgers with BCG on the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle, and the Anim