PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Agriculture and Environment: Research (28 April 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of public grant funded research on the environment, food and farming.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
Evidence from assessments of the impact of research undertaken by Research Councils and through the 2014 Research Excellence Framework strongly indicates that research (which may be funded from a range of sources) has many benefits in helping to achieve positive outcomes for the environment and for food and farming. Defra has not however, undertaken any systematic evaluation of the merits of public grant funded research in these areas.
Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
4 May 2016
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