Agriculture: Robotics

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of agricultural robotics on the future agricultural workforce.

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1. 28 August 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of agricultural robotics on the future agricultural workforce.

   Source: Commons

2. 4 September 2026

   Answer

   We are committed to increasing long-term labour resilience and robotic and autonomous applications could help with this. A 2025 Checkpoint evaluation of the Farming Innovation Programme, which funds several R&D projects developing robotics for the far...

   Source: Written answer

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• Callum Anderson · Labour · Commons
• · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
• Stephen Morgan · Labour · Answering member

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