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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2021 to Question 137274 on Hemp, what progress he has made on the project on the potential use of underutilised, underdeveloped or novel crops, including hemp.

This research project, “Review of opportunities for diversifying UK agriculture through investment in underutilised crops,” is now underway.