{"value":{"id":63168,"askingMemberId":116,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-06-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-06-25T00:00:00","uin":"201942","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he is making in increasing exports of UK agricultural technologies; and if he will make a statement.","answeringBodyId":26,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Innovation and Skills","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":88,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-07-01T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>To support the international priorities of the Government's industrial strategy for agricultural technologies, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has established the Agri-Tech Organisation. This industry-led team provides strategic and practical export support to UK based companies and promotes the UK for inward investment.</p><p>The Agri-Tech Organisation is identifying opportunities in mature and early stage markets with the support of the UK Business Ambassador for Agri-Tech and private sector advisers to maximise the UK's agricultural technology sector's growth potential. This includes working closely with UKTI overseas posts in scoping and promoting visits or events.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Agriculture: Technology","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/63168","method":"GET"}]}