Contributions
1,280 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDResearch and Development: Private InvestmentHaving visited Northern Ireland, I am aware of just how innovative and highly skilled it is, and how much opportunity and headroom there is. It is very important to me, as the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearchers from OverseasI hope that the hon. Members and their party will join me in celebrating just what a fantastic place the UK is for international researchers to work and live. We have one of the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearchers from OverseasIn keeping the UK an open and welcoming place to do international research, in order to deliver the Prime Minister’s vision of being a science superpower, my colleagues and I…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearch and Development: Private InvestmentThis Government have a fantastic track record of mobilising private investment in research and innovation, alongside delivering the largest ever public spending, which will reach…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearch and Development: Private InvestmentLike its Member of Parliament, Hertford and Stortford is indeed innovative. The Mansion House reforms, which in my previous role I helped the Chancellor to deliver, will unlock an…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearch and Development: Private InvestmentAs my hon. Friend said, the recently announced regional innovation fund is providing £60 million of funding across the United Kingdom to harness the strength of our universities.…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearchers from OverseasA fair immigration policy is absolutely part of an open Britain. It is right that those who come here from overseas and live cheek by jowl with those who clean their labs, drive…10 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe day cannot come quickly enough when we are able to end the practice of animal testing. That day is not now, but this Government are committed to doing everything we can to…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearchers from OverseasMy right hon. and learned Friend makes an apposite point. I would ask all Members of this House to go back to their constituencies and talk to local firms, innovators, clusters…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearchers from OverseasI would be delighted to visit the innovative firm in my hon. Friend’s constituency. She will know about the global talent visa, which has seen a 76% rise in visas issued over the…10 Jan 2024HANSARDResearch and Development: Private InvestmentOnce again, it is an enormous shame that the hon. Member for the wonderful cluster of Cambridgeshire is so keen to talk down the United Kingdom at every opportunity. This…10 Jan 2024HANSARDGovernment Chemist Review 2022The 26th annual review of the Government Chemist has been received. The review will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses plus those of the devolved Administrations in Wales…19 Dec 2023HANSARDEngineering BiologySince its creation, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has been working to cement the UK as a science superpower by creating the most innovative economy in the…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Good morning, Mrs Cummins; it is a pleasure to serve once again under your chairmanship. Intellectual property underpins our economy: it is the means by which businesses and…22 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023.22 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023As I said in my remarks, the Government are consulting on that, and it is right that we take the time. To be transparent, I cannot give the hon. Gentleman a specific time and…22 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I will address the first, technical point in my winding up. I was about to come to the fact that the Government have consulted but have not listened to industry’s views about what…22 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the hon. Member for Reading East for his comments and for rightly highlighting the importance of intellectual property to the UK economy. I will happily write to him. The…22 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Technologies: University ResearchI share the hon. Member’s pride in the wonderful work done by Cranfield University and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions. We are providing £1.6 billion of funding for the UK’s nine…15 Nov 2023HANSARDNet Zero Technologies: University ResearchI know that my hon. Friend does fantastic work highlighting polar research through the all-party parliamentary group for the polar regions. I will be happy to champion that work,…15 Nov 2023