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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage domestic fruit and vegetable production.

The Government is committed to a thriving horticulture sector and is supporting the development of a sector-led Horticulture Growth Plan. This independent plan will use sector expertise to identify how to increase horticultural productivity, profitability and strengthen the contribution of domestic production to our national food security.