Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34805

Nutrition: Research

Tabled: 3 March 2025

Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

David Mundell

Conservative — Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of (a) science and (b) other innovation to the development of healthier staple food.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Science and innovation have a key role in developing a healthy, resilient and sustainable food system. Defra is contributing to a £47.5 million UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-led research programme on food systems for both planetary and human health; a...

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