Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (including Topical Questions)
MPs question a government minister
MPs will question the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary on departmental priorities and current issues affecting farming, food security, and environmental policy. Topical questions allow backbenchers to raise urgent, time-sensitive matters without prior notice, so the agenda will depend on what MPs choose to ask on the day—likely covering rural livelihoods, agricultural support post-Brexit, food prices, or environmental regulation.
DEFRA oversees policy that touches every household through food prices and rural communities through farming support and land management. The topical questions slot gives backbenchers a rare chance to hold ministers to account on issues that have moved fast or emerged since the regular written parliamentary questions were tabled, making it a barometer of which rural and environmental concerns are urgent to the Commons.
26 questions
What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of her Department's report entitled Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, published on 20 January 2026.
Adrian RamsayGreen Party of England and WalesWaveney Valley
Ann DaviesWhat steps her Department is taking to support farmers with fuel costs.
Claire YoungLiberal DemocratsThornbury and YateWhat assessment she has made of the potential risk of wildfires in summer 2026.
David ReedConservativeExmouth and Exeter East
Dr Danny Chambers
Graeme DownieWhat assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework governing water companies.
Iqbal MohamedIndependentDewsbury and BatleyWhat steps she is taking to help support farmers with the cost of fertiliser.
James WildConservativeNorth West NorfolkWhat steps she is taking to support the development of precision breeding.
Jerome MayhewConservativeBroadland and FakenhamWhat assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement on the farming sector.
John GlenConservativeSalisbury
John SlingerWhat steps she is taking to support young people entering the farming sector.
Joy MorrisseyConservativeBeaconsfieldWhat assessment she has made of the potential impact of Government intervention on food prices on farmers.
Katie LamConservativeWeald of Kent
Peter SwallowWhat assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing ring-fenced funding for chalk stream restoration in the Water Restoration Fund.
Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratsSouth CambridgeshireWhether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of improving the transparency of food welfare labelling.
Sam RushworthLabourBishop AucklandWhat discussions she has had with Scottish fisheries on the UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement.
Seamus LoganScottish NationalAberdeenshire North and Moray East
Tom Rutland
Harpreet Uppal
Joe Robertson
Kerry McCarthy
Lincoln Jopp
Noah Law
Phil Brickell
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