George Freeman welcomes measures in the Queen’s Speech that set out a framework for the UK to lead in innovation across new sectors such as life sciences, clinical trials, digital health, agri-tech, nutraceuticals, the decarbonisation of transport, mobility as a service, satellites, and scale-up finance in the City.

George Freeman calls on the Government to take the opportunity of regulatory freedom post-Brexit to better integrate our aid and trade by using variable tariffs to incentivise high-quality production, and UK aid to support tech transfer of UK agritech and clean tech to help developing nations tackle the challenges of sustainable agriculture and development.

George Freeman urges the Government to enshrine its commitment to high food and animal welfare standards in law and use trade leverage and variable tariffs to incentivise high standards across the world.

Having worked for the National Farmers’ Union and launched the first ever UK Agri-Tech Industrial Strategy, I am passionate about championing our area’s world-leading farming sector.

Recently I gave a keynote speech at the Oxford Farming Conference.

Today I am launching a new Norwich-Cambridge Cluster Collaboration to drive investment in Agri-Tech businesses in East Anglia and boost the region’s world leading life science work.

Today I am helping launch the Government's new Industrial Strategy for agricultural science, technology and innovation, in a major shift of policy towards supporting modern high-tech farming which has huge potential benefits for our region.

In order for the UK Agricultural Sector to continue to thrive, it needs more targeted investment in research and research centres