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HANSARD Animal TestingYes, but I do have to make some progress.25 Oct 2021HANSARD Animal TestingIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship in my fifth week in office, Ms Elliott. I am hugely grateful to the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Animal TestingThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point. I was about to say that the National Institute for Health Research—for which I was responsible in my previous ministerial role but one, as…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Animal TestingI understand the hon. Member’s point and I will come to it. I could not quite agree that our reliance at the moment on animal testing is of no use at all; it is of important use…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Animal TestingThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I am not suggesting that the current system is 100% perfect at all. In fact, I made it clear in my earlier comments that, often,…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Artificial IntelligenceIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies; to be back on the Front Bench to make the case for science and technology in this country; and to respond to my…20 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Gloucestershire Day, it is a great pleasure to take that question from my hon. Friend, and the answer is yes.21 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who has been a phenomenal champion of science and technology in space. I am delighted to say that the Government are very shortly to publish our…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorld Leadership in Science, Research and InnovationAs I have said, I am wholly committed to ensuring that science innovation drives levelling up and regeneration, and I should be delighted to meet the hon. Lady. I shall be on my…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorld Leadership in Science, Research and InnovationI should be delighted to meet my hon. Friend soon to discuss that. Labcorp is a major global corporation whose investment in the new clinical pharmacology site is vital. It is in…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorld Leadership in Science, Research and InnovationI thank my hon. Friend, who has been a distinguished Minister in the Treasury and the Department for Transport and a champion of innovation. As the Prime Minister has made clear,…21 Sept 2021HANSARDInnovation: Private Sector InvestmentIt is very good to be back as the newly appointed Minister for Science, Research and Innovation. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) for his tireless…21 Sept 2021HANSARDInnovation: Private Sector InvestmentIn a word, yes. My hon. Friend makes a powerful case. Freeports and regeneration corporations are vital to our innovation strategy. Not only are we determined that there will be…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHelp to Grow: DigitalI thank hon. Members for some very intelligent questions. I thank the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central for making it clear that the Opposition will support the motion,…20 Sept 2021HANSARDHelp to Grow: DigitalMany social enterprises are not charities, but the hon. Gentleman makes a good point, because many charities also have an operating arm as a company. I will come back to him on…20 Sept 2021HANSARDHelp to Grow: DigitalHaving a run a few myself, as colleagues here have, I am all for them. I simply make the point that we are the fastest growing economy in the G7, so we must be doing something…20 Sept 2021HANSARDHelp to Grow: DigitalI beg to move, That the Committee has considered the motion, That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake to pay, and to pay by way of financial assistance under…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI welcome the generalissimo to his place on the Front Bench. May I say what a pleasure it is to have been part of this project and to put on record our thanks to the civil…16 Sept 2021HANSARDBetter Jobs and a Fair Deal at WorkIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins) on behalf of the people of Mid Norfolk, and to speak a little more optimistically and positively…12 May 2021HANSARDGrand Challenges: International CollaborationWhat diplomatic steps he is taking to encourage international collaboration to tackle the UK Government’s grand challenges.20 Apr 2021