Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution by his predecessor of 28 June 2016, Official Report, column 130, when the Government plans to publish a National Innovation Plan.

The good work towards a National Innovation Plan will now feed into the broader development of the Industrial Strategy. First and foremost we need long term productivity growth and we must therefore encourage and spread innovation. Science and Innovation is one of our national strengths and will feature strongly in our Industrial Strategy.