Bioeconomy: Research and Innovation - 9th June 2021

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Bioeconomy: Research and Innovation.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-06-09/debates/E9C4FE35-A65A-4691-A68F-698FAE6D91E5/BioeconomyResearchandInnovation

Rachael Maskell (Labour)

What steps he is taking to promote investment in research and innovation in the bioeconomy ahead of COP26.

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The Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth (Anne-Marie Trevelyan)

We are exploring opportunities for strengthened international collaboration on innovation focused on the bioeconomy through Mission Innovation, a global initiative to enable affordable clean energy and achieve the goals of the Paris agreement. Leveraging growth of the bioeconomy will support clean growth across multiple sectors and contribute towards achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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Rachael Maskell (Labour)

The climate crisis is turbocharged, as the trajectory of mitigation ever deviates from planet-saving targets while the Government move at a glacial pace to establish a climate economy. BioYorkshire will not only create 4,000 new jobs and upskill 25,000 people but lay the foundations for world-beating research in biosciences here in York and Yorkshire, offsetting carbon and waste. All we ask is for the Government to bring forward the funding already committed ahead of COP26. Will the Minister agree to do that and meet me to discuss the project and the importance of BioYorkshire?

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