| Heading: |
Farmers: Wiltshire |
| Question ID: |
1814708 |
| UIN: |
61470 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5239 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Gibson
|
| Asking Member handle: |
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Gibson
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers in Wiltshire to (a) retain soil moisture and (b) protect (i) crops and (ii) livestock from high temperatures. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
|
| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
Defra is aware of current concerns around ongoing dry conditions, including in Wiltshire, and continues to closely monitor the situation. Defra has provided support through the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), where many farmers are carrying out actio... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |