Anna Dixon MP calls for greater support for tenant diary farmers
- Dec 18, 2025
- 1 min read
Anna Dixon MP for Shipley has today called on the Labour Government to set out how it intends to implement the recommendations of Baroness Rock’s review and help tenant dairy farmers.
Speaking in the House of Commons this afternoon during the debate on Support for Dairy Farmers, Ms Dixon said: "I want to speak up for dairy tenant farmers. Tenant farmers manage a third of all farmland in England.
"As well as running her dairy farm, Rachel at Low Springs farm in Baildon also runs Baildon farmers market and is the director of the Great Yorkshire show.
"Will the Minister set out how this Labour Government are implementing the recommendations of Baroness Rock’s review to help tenant dairy farmers such as Rachel?"
In response, Dame Angela Eagle MP, the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs, said: "My hon. Friend raises the important point that a third of all farmland in England is managed by tenant farmers, so a fair and sustainable tenant farming sector relies on positive landlord, tenant and adviser relationships. To help deliver that, we have appointed Alan Laidlaw as England’s first commissioner for the tenant farming sector.
"We will continue to look particularly at how tenant farming agreements are working, to see whether there is any need for reform in the future."
