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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress in negotiations with the EU on the UK’s access to the Horizon Europe research funding programme.

The Government has made clear in its Roadmap that we aim to maintain a close and friendly relationship with our European partners and are in negotiations with the EU seeking to agree a fair and balanced deal for participation in certain EU R&D schemes, including Horizon Europe. Negotiations with the European Commission are ongoing and it is too early to make an assessment.

My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has made several Written Ministerial Statements in the House of Commons that provide an update on the UK's negotiations with the EU, including on EU Programmes. These include HCWS271 (Official Report, 8th June 2020) and HCWS346 (Official Report, 7th July 2020).