Question follow-through · 36535
Industry: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Scottish Government's National innovation strategy 2023 to 2033 on his industrial strategy.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Scottish Government's National innovation strategy 2023 to 2033 on his industrial strategy.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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18 Mar 2025
Answer published
Accelerating the rate of innovation and increasing the adoption and diffusion of ideas, technologies, and processes is an essential step for growing productivity of our growth-driving sectors. My officials are working with the Scottish Government on how w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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