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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Hemp more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing hemp farming in the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Richmond Park remove filter
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Sarah Olney more like this
uin 137274 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-01-18more like thismore than 2021-01-18
answer text <p>Defra will be commissioning a project on the potential use of underutilised, underdeveloped or novel crops, including hemp. We are also considering the role of hemp in the Bioeconomy and the opportunities this presents for UK farmers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The provision to cultivate (under Home Office Licence) low THC Cannabis (industrial hemp) for seed and fibre production does already exist in the UK.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Banbury remove filter
answering member printed Victoria Prentis more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-01-18T16:08:51.443Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-18T16:08:51.443Z
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label Biography information for Victoria Prentis more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Sarah Olney more like this