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HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillTo assist the hon. Lady before she decides whether to divide the House, I just wanted to make it very clear that there is a statutory obligation on ARIA, set out clearly in clause…31 Jan 2022HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillThe hon. Member raises a very important point. Yes, I am satisfied, and for this reason: the way in which the agency has been established through the Bill and our plans to appoint…31 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesI thank my hon. Friend and pay tribute to his tireless campaigning for Barrow and Furness and on this issue. I understand well the concerns following GSK’s movement from the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesAs a result of this Government’s long-term life science strategy, now a 10-year strategy, I am delighted to be able to share with the House that the life science sector has grown,…11 Jan 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpYes. We are in the process of establishing the forum, and I want to ensure that we are talking not just to the same old people whom the Government always talk to but to the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpMy hon. Friend is right, and he is also a powerful envoy for the Government in terms of our polar science. The royal research ship Sir David Attenborough is something of which all…11 Jan 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpThat was a great question. The hon. Gentleman is right. In fact, there are several clusters in the Yorkshire area, and in a previous career I myself worked in the Sheffield…11 Jan 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpI congratulate my hon. Friend, who has been a tireless advocate for the Lincoln cluster. He asked about funding. In the comprehensive spending review, we set out the biggest…11 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesAs per usual, my hon. Friend makes an important point. I am not the Minister responsible for the vaccine taskforce, but I am already reaching out to my colleagues at the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesI have had meetings with the hon. Member since she raised this issue previously. We are in the process of allocating—I repeat—the biggest ever increase in science and innovation…11 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue. With Queen’s University Belfast and the Randox cluster, Northern Ireland is a powerhouse in life sciences and both the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesMy hon. Friend makes an important point about talent and is right that a powerful cluster is taking shape in the north-east. Following my return to the Government two months ago,…11 Jan 2022HANSARDScience and Innovation: Levelling UpUK leadership in science, technology and innovation is already driving huge investment in new sectors, companies and clusters throughout the UK, from the Newquay spaceport to the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesNot surprisingly, my hon. Friend, who is an expert in this field, makes an important point. In the people and culture strategy that we set out this summer, we make that very…11 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesI agree with the hon. Lady that that the dementia research and treatment sector is incredibly important, which is why, when then Prime Minister Cameron set up the G20 summit, I…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Post Office Historical Shortfall SchemeMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point, which I am sure that the Minister will want to address. I want to mention the question of speed. When the Government step up and say, “We…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Post Office Historical Shortfall SchemeI understand the point that the right hon. Member is making. Let me include, for the record, the history of how we got to this situation. As part of the 2019 settlement, the Post…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Post Office Historical Shortfall SchemeThe right hon. Member makes a really important point. I will raise that specifically with the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my hon. Friend…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Post Office Historical Shortfall SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. My hon. Friend the Member for Sutton and Cheam is the lead Minister on this matter and I will raise that with him. For the record, I…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Post Office Historical Shortfall SchemeI am grateful, Dame Angela, for the chance to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate hon. Members for their contributions today and the right hon. Member for Orkney and…14 Dec 2021