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HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products)…11 Sept 2023HANSARDDecarbonisation TechnologiesBrevity, Mr Speaker: yes, with pleasure.19 Jul 2023HANSARDDecarbonisation TechnologiesWe can all be proud that this country is leading the global charge on net zero. As part of our historic uplift in R&D expenditure to £20 billion a year—£52 billion over the…19 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We are investing heavily in regional innovation clusters all around this country. We have three: one in Manchester, one in Glasgow and one…19 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend has raised this before, and I will happily speak to him about it and support that space cluster. The UK is poised to lead Europe in the launch of low Earth…19 Jul 2023HANSARDRegional InnovationTo support innovation across the whole of the UK, a central pillar of our innovation nation mission, the UK Government are investing £52 billion in public research and development…14 Jun 2023HANSARDRegional InnovationLet me first pay tribute to Surespan and Phoenix. Two weeks ago, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I were in Coventry in the west midlands with the Chancellor, and I…14 Jun 2023HANSARDRegional InnovationMy right hon. Friend will appreciate that, as the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, I cannot comment on Home Office plans to deal with refugees, but I can pay tribute…14 Jun 2023HANSARDRegional InnovationYes, I am absolutely delighted to do so. The Metro Mayors are key parts of our innovation ecosystem, and the three innovation accelerators that have we put in place are…14 Jun 2023HANSARDRegional InnovationI am afraid that the hon. Gentleman could not be more wrong; it is quite the opposite. The truth is that the Oxford-Cambridge-London triangle is golden for a reason: it is home to…14 Jun 2023HANSARDRegional InnovationI have to say, that is a bit rich given that the incredible strength of Scottish science and research is built largely on long-term UK block funding across life sciences and other…14 Jun 2023HANSARDBrexit: Science and Technology SectorOver the past six or seven years since 2016, this country has seen extraordinary growth in investment in our science and technology sector. Members do not need to take it from me:…14 Jun 2023HANSARDBrexit: Science and Technology SectorTo be very clear, we negotiated membership of Horizon, Copernicus and Euratom specifically in our Brexit deal—it was the EU that held us out. Secondly, while we have been waiting,…14 Jun 2023HANSARDBrexit: Science and Technology SectorMy right hon. and learned Friend makes an important point. One of the attractions of Horizon is that we get back most of what we put in, and it funds research collaborations…14 Jun 2023HANSARDBrexit: Science and Technology SectorI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave a few moments ago. We have negotiated access to Horizon—it was the EU that kept us out. The Prime Minister has unblocked that through…14 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the Prime Minister has made clear, we are putting maths at the heart of our curriculum. I am ensuring that maths is properly funded to our research ecosystem. I will happily…14 Jun 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of ResearchBetter commercialising our UK research is completely key to our global science superpower and domestic innovation nation missions, and a key component of our science and…03 May 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of ResearchHere we go—Labour talking Britain down again. The truth is that I am not at all complacent about the clinical trials numbers. At the Life Sciences Council, in the next few weeks,…03 May 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of ResearchI thank my hon. Friend, who has been a strong champion of that agenda. In the new Department’s science and technology framework we have set out a long-term, 10-year view of the…03 May 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Research: North-east EnglandHaving worked on coalfield regeneration in the north-east, I am delighted to report that it is becoming a science and technology powerhouse economy in the UK. I have been up three…03 May 2023