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Lord Katz (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 1 December 2025

Debate

Small Farms

Contribution

I thank my noble friend for that question. I will have to write him with the details of the review. Agritech and engineering biology, such as precision breeding, are frontier growth sectors, which is why they were put in the Government’s industrial strategy that was published in June this year. We have a clear vision to make the UK the best place in the world to start growing and investing in agritech, in a safe and scientifically responsible way. To date, the farming innovation programme has supported almost 300 projects, which include a wide range of interesting uses of new technology that will benefit small farmers particularly, whether it is bio-derived fungicides, monitoring tools for dairy cow welfare or equipment to help maximise strawberry yields.

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