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Food: Insects |
| Question ID: |
1808993 |
| UIN: |
57182 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5255 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Joe Robertson
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Joe Robertson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the potential role of insect protein in (a) animal and (b) human diets in the last ten years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-11 |
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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’s scientific research is exploring ways to reduce environmental impacts of livestock production, including research to better understand the role of insect protein in pig and poultry feed (not human diets) in addressing this aim. Examples include a ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |