Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Advanced Research and Invention Agency invests in projects that are compatible with the (a) Climate Change Act 2008 and (b) Environment Act 2021.

Decisions on which programmes and research to fund will be taken by ARIA’s CEO once they are appointed and take office.

ARIA’s sole focus will be to fund the most ambitious high-risk research with the potential to provide long-term benefits to our society and economy. ARIA’s Framework Document will require ARIA to have regard to the contribution its projects and programmes make to the UK Government’s climate change targets and environmental goals.