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HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Ms Cummins. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I thank all our witnesses and those who gave evidence to the Science and Technology Committee, which…14 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Yes, the culture is so important. Dr Dugan, could you answer on the point about autonomy and funding mechanisms? Dr Dugan: I want to attach independence and autonomy…14 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Second sitting)Q On the funding streams, could you perhaps tell us a little about how Wellcome Leap works with other bodies to fund or otherwise encourage research? Dr Dugan: Much as Peter…14 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Azoulay, would you like to comment on either the autonomy point or the funding mechanisms? Professor Azoulay: Yes, absolutely. First, I second what my colleagues have…14 Apr 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (Second sitting)Understood. Thank you.14 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe foul gases and odour coming from Walley’s Quarry landfill in my constituency are no longer just an environmental catastrophe; they are also a major public health concern. A…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghOn behalf of my residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme and the civic leadership of the whole borough, I would like to give thanks for the life of Prince Philip, for all his service to…12 Apr 2021HANSARDCoronavirusIt is a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes). I have been privileged to serve on two Select Committees during the…25 Mar 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter), and a particular pleasure to do so in person. He and I have been hanging around the same…23 Mar 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillIs the hon. Gentleman aware that UK Research and Innovation receives about 300 FOI requests a year? A small and nimble organisation such as ARIA would be completely buried under…23 Mar 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy right hon. Friend is making a strong case and refers to the work of the vaccine taskforce. In the past year, we have seen astonishing science conducted at breakneck speed…23 Mar 2021HANSARD Electoral CommissionIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson). When I heard that we were appointing a new chair of the Electoral Commission, in the manner of…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateOn behalf of their citizens, who need to be vaccinated and who need to see their economies reopened, I have to say I am personally in despair at the short-sighted decisions taken…18 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe Home Secretary may remember coming to visit Wolstanton Marsh in my constituency during the election campaign. Residents around Wolstanton have long suffered as a result of the…15 Mar 2021HANSARDInvestment in Rail: North of EnglandWhat steps his Department is taking to increase rail connections in the north of England.11 Mar 2021HANSARDInvestment in Rail: North of EnglandNewcastle-under-Lyme is the second largest town in the UK without a railway station of its own, and if the Minister gives my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley North (Marco Longhi)…11 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolCan my right hon. Friend confirm that he will continue to work with the EU, and hold it to its recent commitment in the Joint Committee to act at pace in further negotiations and…10 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols). It seems like only yesterday that she and I went on a tour with the Doorkeepers when we first…09 Mar 2021HANSARD Landfill Sites (Odorous Emissions)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to introduce a presumption against planning applications for new landfill sites liable to cause odorous emissions in built-up…09 Mar 2021HANSARDStatutory Election PeriodWhat assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the adequacy of the length of time of the statutory election period.04 Mar 2021