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

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the prediction in the Precision Agriculture Global Market Report 2024 of an 11.7 per cent compound annual growth rate for the precision agriculture industry, what plans they have to promote the sustainable development of agri-robotics, and to encourage its integration into farming practices.

Precision agriculture and agri-robotics will play a vital role in supporting our farmers to boost Britain’s food security, drive productivity growth and improve environmental outcomes.

The UK has world-class science and innovation capabilities, and we want to further promote the UK as a great place for technology innovators to start and grow businesses, fuelling private investment, growth and the creation of high-skilled jobs.

We are committed to supporting the farming sector and we are looking carefully at how to position further investment and support to enable the benefits of agri-robotics to be further realised and integrated into farming practices.