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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support her Department provides for research and development in the alternative meat sector.

UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and Innovate UK are jointly investing at least £20 million in capacity building, research, innovation and business-led commercialisation to help develop alternative, more sustainable protein sources between 2022-2025. Additionally, part of UKRI’s transforming food production challenge, a £90 million programme, jointly funded by government and industry aimed at improving resilience, efficiency and sustainability in the UK food sector, is working to strengthen the UK’s research and capabilities in the alternative protein supply chain.