In a wide-ranging speech, George Freeman urges the Government to avoid creating a jungle of well-intended green tape and allow the farming industry to grasp the opportunities presented by Brexit for a new agricultural revolution in which the UK leads the world on delivering high-quality, safe, highly productive, low-input agriculture based on innovation with science, data and metrics.
George Freeman highlights the opportunities for global investment in the UK, especially in life science, quantum, fusion and agritech, and urges the Government to make it easier for global investors to invest in UK science and tech clusters.
I was delighted to be involved in Norfolk Farming Conference today – speaking to via video clip to those gathered about Agri-Tech and the enormous opportunities this exciting and fast-growing field will provide, and already provides, to the farming sector.
George Freeman seeks reassurance that the Treasury will not be tempted to reduce the allocation for Horizon or for science and research in high-growth sectors such as space, agritech and fusion which have a such a big role to play in the Government's efforts to drive up productivity, competitiveness and inward investment.
