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 increase funding for motor neurone disease research.

I’m aware that my Hon. Friend recently visited the UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh to see their important work.

We have invested £12.5 million in the Institute to support the best discovery science in MND.

Since 2022, UKRI has awarded over £3 million to MND projects led by Scottish research organisations.

We will continue to work closely with the Department of Health and Social Care to support research into this terrible disease.