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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide support to farmers whose plum crops have failed as a result of experiencing frost in spring 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide support to farmers whose plum crops have failed as a result of experiencing frost in spring 2021.
The Government recognises the crucial role that the UK’s horticulture industry plays in both feeding the country and in promoting people’s health and well-being. Our plum farmers play an important role in this as well as to our wider economy, with production at the farm gate worth £3.4 million in 2018.
We have not received any representations from the plum sector as a result of the frost their crop has experienced this spring. However, Defra and the Devolved Administrations have established mechanisms to monitor and assess the impact of market developments across the UK and will continue to do so paying particular attention to this sector in the coming months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the number of damson trees in the UK in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to preserve them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the number of damson trees in the UK in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to preserve them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the acreage of (a) apple, (b) pear, (c) plum and (d) cherry orchards is in active production in England; and whether that has varied over the last 10 years - Table given.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the acreage of (a) apple, (b) pear, (c) plum and (d) cherry orchards is in active production in England; and whether that has varied over the last 10 years - Table given.
What representations he has received about serious frost damage suffered by United Kingdom plum orchards; if he has received representations for maintenance aid to help growers who have modernised orchards and marketing and who are now at risk; and if there is any European Economic Community assistance in this respect.
What representations he has received about serious frost damage suffered by United Kingdom plum orchards; if he has received representations for maintenance aid to help growers who have modernised orchards and marketing and who are now at risk; and if there is any European Economic Community assistance in this respect.