| Heading: |
Food: Insects |
| Question ID: |
1778415 |
| UIN: |
33762 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5255 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Joe Robertson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Joe Robertson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 26637 on Food: Insects, what his policy is on the use of insect-based novel foods for human consumption to deliver net zero goals |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-27 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
Defra is currently undertaking research on the insect bioconversion industry, including a life-cycle assessment to better understand the environmental impacts of using insect protein in pig and poultry feeds. |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |