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HANSARD Large Solar FarmsMy hon. Friend makes her point powerfully. I absolutely agree that we should not be supplying to consumers and citizens goods whose production involves torture and illegal…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Large Solar FarmsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. May I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (Brendan Clarke-Smith)? The scale of attendance and the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDParkinson’s DiseaseI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s question on the importance of research into neurodegeneration and Parkinson’s, a cause I was proud to champion as Minister for life…22 Feb 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, because this is the third time that he has raised this matter with me. He makes in important point. The Boeing interest in Doncaster Sheffield…22 Feb 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I pay tribute to his work and that of Keele. The enterprise zone is first class—similarly, the work of Keele University. I confirm that we…22 Feb 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpAs part of our step-change increase in investment in science research an innovation—an increase of 30% over the next three years to £20 billion a year—we are putting levelling up…22 Feb 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpI absolutely agree. As a rural MP, I do not need to take any lectures from the Liberal Democrats on the importance of rural innovation. I will address the specific point about…22 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorMy hon. Friend is an outspoken advocate for the Cornish cluster, which is growing fast. In addition to our groundbreaking pledge to increase investment in R&D outside the golden…22 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorMy right hon. Friend makes an important point, which I would be keen to talk to him about. Although that is a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport lead, we are…22 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorI will happily talk to the hon. Member offline about the extensive vaccine pipeline that we are in the process of procuring. It includes next-generation mRNA vaccines for both flu…22 Feb 2022HANSARDParkinson’s DiseaseYes, I would be delighted to meet the hon. Gentleman. He makes an important point. The truth is that the next frontier in neurodegenerative science will be a mixture of neural…22 Feb 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpWith pleasure. My hon. Friend makes an important point: the Welsh dragon is roaring not just on the rugby pitch and in tourism, where Llandudno is the queen of Welsh resorts, but…22 Feb 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpThe hon. Member makes a really important point that is at the heart of our £100 million innovation accelerator pilot programme. We have chosen the locations—Glasgow, Manchester…22 Feb 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpI suggest the hon. Lady reads the levelling-up White Paper. If she reads it, she will see that it is a very substantial document that deals with precisely the points she has just…22 Feb 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpMy right hon. Friend makes a really important point. It was surprising to hear the Opposition not mention the phenomenal investment that is pouring in. In the end, levelling up…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillThere is no discrepancy. I will explain why but, essentially, the Bill already sets out ARIA’s statutory responsibility to generate economic return for the UK, and the hon.…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillIt may reassure the public, but we also have to take into consideration the fact that to succeed, world-class scientists have been recruited to ARIA to lead in cutting-edge…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI am delighted that the Bill to create this exciting new agency has returned to this House and that I am able to speak to it for the first time in my role as Minister for Science,…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.31 Jan 2022HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that question, and he will not be surprised to know that it is one I have also been asking since coming to this role. The point of ARIA…31 Jan 2022