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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to incorporate agriculture into their industrial strategy.

The industrial strategy includes measures to enable growth in all parts of the economy – for example through our commitments on science and innovation funding, skills, and digital infrastructure. In addition we have set out proposals for new, business-led sector deals, with the first set of deals already under development.

We look forward to working with sectors, including farming and agri-food, which can organise behind strong leadership to address shared challenges and opportunities, building on the close working to date.