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Biotechnology: Northern Ireland

Commons · Question 98746 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 15 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help support and promote biotechnology in Northern Ireland through the Industrial Strategy.

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 15 Dec 2025

Life sciences, which includes biotechnology, is one of the priority sectors under the Government’s Industrial Strategy. This summer the Government published the UK Life Sciences Sector Plan, setting out a bold ambition to make the UK the leading life scie...