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HANSARDCommercialisation of Research: North-east EnglandI pay tribute to the hon. Lady’s leadership on this issue, because it is really important. Traditionally, our research funding follows excellence, and that is why, say,…03 May 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Research: North-east EnglandYes, I absolutely agree. That is why we have put £1.9 billion into the Catapult network—our network for deep industrial collaboration with our universities. In the north-east, we…03 May 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Research: North-east EnglandYes. The Under-Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, my hon. Friend the Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully), has already met the company concerned, and…03 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I, as Science Minister on behalf of the Government, pay tribute to Sir Patrick and thank Dame Angela for taking on the role? Sir Patrick has been a stalwart servant for…03 May 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Science and Technology Research: North-east EnglandSince arriving in this new portfolio I have not had any meetings with Nissan, but as a Department we are actively picking up the clean tech piece and the future energy…15 Mar 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Science and Technology Research: North-east EnglandIt is a great shame that the shadow spokeswoman is so determined to talk the UK down. The truth is that in the last 10 years, the life sciences sector has grown 1,000%. The…15 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOver the last two years, not only have we continued to negotiate in good faith to see through the agreement that we made to join Horizon, Copernicus and Euratom, but we have…15 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend has made an excellent point. It is a very exciting facility, which will see this country lead in the industrial deployment of fusion connectivity to the grid.15 Mar 2023HANSARDDomestic Space IndustryIt is a great privilege to open the batting for the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Not since the white heat of technology under Harold Wilson have a…15 Mar 2023HANSARDDomestic Space IndustryI pay tribute to Teledyne, which is a great company. That is why we have put £1.8 billion through the European Space Agency, so that little companies like that here in the UK can…15 Mar 2023HANSARDDomestic Space IndustryThat is an excellent question because skills are key. All around the country we are growing space clusters. Just yesterday we launched Leicester Space East, which is part of the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDDomestic Space IndustryYes and yes.15 Mar 2023HANSARDDomestic Space IndustryI was in Scotland just a few weeks ago meeting the team behind the Shetland and Sutherland launch. We are committed to launch in both Cornwall and Scotland. We are providing…15 Mar 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Science and Technology Research: North-east EnglandWe should all be incredibly proud that nowhere is driving the science and technology revolution more than the north-east economy. It was a powerhouse of the previous industrial…15 Mar 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Science and Technology Research: North-east EnglandThat is an excellent question. We have set out the shared prosperity fund, which is now fully deployed around the country. We have made the commitment to increase domestic…15 Mar 2023HANSARDScience, Innovation and TechnologyWe have set up RCAT as a specialist advisory group in the Cabinet Office, connected to our intelligence agencies, so that it can check quickly whether a partner is benign, hostile…14 Mar 2023HANSARDScience, Innovation and TechnologyWe have set up RCAT as a specialist advisory group in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , connected to our intelligence agencies, so that it can check quickly…14 Mar 2023HANSARDScience, Innovation and TechnologyLet me start, as the right hon. Gentleman did, by reminding listeners and viewers of what a success story British genomics has been, going right back to Watson and Crick’s famous…09 Mar 2023HANSARDScience, Innovation and TechnologyLet me start, as the right hon. Gentleman did, by reminding listeners and viewers of what a success story British genomics has been, going right back to Watson and Crick’s famous…09 Mar 2023HANSARDScience, Innovation and TechnologyI had been prepared to pay tribute to the work of BGI when my officials pointed out that at that point Genomics England was suffering several hack attacks from BGI each week.…09 Mar 2023