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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government have a plan to ensure that technology works for our people, not against them. Right now, the Secretary of State is in South Korea for the AI Seoul summit. She is…22 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government are focusing on delivery every single day, and I make no apologies for cracking on with the process of making sure that our brilliant research institutions have…22 May 2024HANSARDAnimal Testing: ResearchI know that this is an issue close to my hon. Friend’s heart. He is a great animal lover, and I recall his past work as shadow Minister for animal welfare. This summer we will…22 May 2024HANSARDAnimal Testing: ResearchThe day when we are able to eliminate animal testing cannot come quickly enough, though we are not there yet. We are committed to supporting the strategy to replace, reduce and…22 May 2024HANSARDProductivityThat is exactly what we are doing. On Monday, the Prime Minister announced £15.5 million to roll out artificial intelligence radiotherapy that locates cancer cells two and a half…22 May 2024HANSARDProductivityThe Government are providing record levels of taxpayer funding for research, and my right hon. Friend is right to highlight the opportunity to improve productivity. A priority for…22 May 2024HANSARDLife Sciences ManufacturingDementia is a crippling disease for so many people, and will touch so many people’s lives. The Health Secretary and I recently hosted the heads of the Dementia Mission at No. 10…22 May 2024HANSARDLife Sciences ManufacturingMy hon. Friend is right: such is the growth of this important sector that we need more lab space quickly. I personally benefited from the advice of Professor Martini in the life…22 May 2024HANSARDLife Sciences ManufacturingThe hon. Lady has made some important points. My officials and I have met representatives of the institute and have considered a number of options for it, of which they and, I…22 May 2024HANSARDSTEM Workforce: Diversity and InclusionThe hon. Lady raises a very important point on National Numeracy Day. While we must not be complacent, the Government have made outstanding progress on equality for all. I hope…22 May 2024HANSARDSTEM Workforce: Diversity and InclusionThe science and technology framework sets out our commitment to expanding STEM—science, technology, engineering and maths—opportunities to the most diverse range of people…22 May 2024HANSARDLife Sciences ManufacturingThe Government could not be more committed to supporting our valued life sciences sector, which, in the financial year ending 2022, contributed well over £100 billion in turnover…22 May 2024HANSARDSTEM Workforce: Diversity and InclusionAs the hon. Lady well knows, diversity, STEM education and skills are at the heart of the UK science and technology framework, and we will be publishing skills frameworks for each…22 May 2024HANSARDSTEM Workforce: Diversity and InclusionWe are enormously blessed in this country with the quality of our universities, so many of which, together with the firms that sponsor undergraduate and postgraduate research, are…22 May 2024HANSARDSTEM Workforce: Diversity and InclusionI commend my hon. Friend and Sir James Dyson for that initiative. It would be wonderful to see many more such initiatives across the whole country. My colleagues and I would be…22 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is absolutely right. It is intrinsic to the scientific method that research is impartial, and that it is challenged, public, transparent and open. That is always our…22 May 2024HANSARDSTEM Workforce: Diversity and InclusionI congratulate the Institute of Cancer Research on that progress. I would be delighted to meet the institute and hear what development it is making, as would my hon. Friends. This…22 May 2024HANSARDIntellectual Property Office: Ministerial Priorities 2024-25I am repeating the following written ministerial statement made today in the other place by my noble Friend, the Minister for AI and Intellectual Property, Viscount Camrose:…08 May 2024HANSARD Space IndustryThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to champion the spaceport in his constituency and to mention the importance of what is called private space, where companies such as Orbex…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Space IndustryI would be delighted if the hon. Lady wanted to apply for another debate. I can see that there is a significant appetite to discuss some of these issues. The Government are very…24 Apr 2024