Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing continued professional development training for each farming sector.

The Government recognises the value of continued professional development (CPD) and we are supporting the establishment of a new professional body for the farming industry; The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH). TIAH will strengthen support for skills and careers across the agriculture and horticulture sectors including supporting its membership to undertake CPD.