Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to collaborate on research and innovation projects with EU countries.

The Government continues to be ready to work constructively with the EU and EU Member States on a range of issues including UK association to Horizon Europe. Most recently, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I met with the EU Ambassador to the UK on 14 March to discuss collaboration on science and research, including the Horizon Europe programme. The EU have not yet made any proposals to address the financial terms of UK association, given we are now over 2 years into a 7-year programme.