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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet the National Farmers' Union and the Health and Safety Executive to discuss possible measures to reduce the number of (a) injuries and (b) deaths in the farming sector.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) leads on health and safety in agriculture and provides essential information and guidance on this matter. I have no plans to meet the HSE or National Farmers’ Union at present to discuss this issue.

However, I support the work of campaigns such as ‘Make the Promise’, to highlight the importance of farm safety.