Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will commission research into the potential benefits to the economy of cannabinoid-based products for medicinal use; and if she will make a statement.

The department has no plans to assess the impact of the medical cannabis industry on the economy. Data is annually published on the impact on the economy and employment of the wider Life Sciences sector in the Bioscience and health technology sector statistics. This includes analysis of the bio-pharmaceuticals sector of which the medical cannabis industry is a subsector.