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HANSARDScience, 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 2023HANSARD Genomics and National SecurityAbsolutely; it is as if the right hon. Gentleman has read my notes. Here in the UK, we are toughening up our regime. The National Institute for Health and Care Research has a set…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Genomics and National SecurityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for bringing this important issue to the House.…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property RightsTheses have been written on whether it was an announcement with a capital “A” or a small “a”. I do not think I could be clearer that the two Ministers concerned agree that the…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property RightsThe right hon. Member is well aware, as a veteran of these things, that for something to be a formal announcement on policy, a Government write-round has to go through the various…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property RightsUnless an announcement has been made in the last few weeks that I have missed, yes. He has the right to depute the chairmanship of a particular meeting, but the point is it that…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property RightsIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson, and to have the chance to put the record straight in answer to the sensible points and questions made in the…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property RightsThat is exactly right. I will come to some of the lessons from that in a moment, but I am happy to confirm that. In the consultation carried out by the Intellectual Property…01 Feb 2023HANSARDOnshore Wind FarmsOnshore wind in the UK has been a great success. It generates 25% of our total renewables, and since 2015 around 10 onshore wind projects, totalling 30 MW, have been given consent…17 Jan 2023HANSARDOnshore Wind FarmsIn a word, no. What has caused family bills to skyrocket is the international pressure on energy supply chains, the war in Ukraine and the economic sanctions in respect of Russia.…17 Jan 2023HANSARDOnshore Wind FarmsAs a BEIS Minister and as an East Anglian Member of Parliament, I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. The southern North sea is becoming the Saudi Arabia of wind energy, and the…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe agree that the most vulnerable consumers in this country should be protected. Those duties already lie with Ofgem. I shall repeat what my right hon. Friend the Secretary of…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I take this opportunity, on behalf of the Department, to thank the hon. Member and the Public Accounts Committee for their report, to which we will very shortly reply? I am…17 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a good point. We have the groundbreaking commitment to move from £15 billion to £20 billion a year of investment in public R&D over this comprehensive…17 Jan 2023HANSARDGovernment Chemist Review 2021The 25th annual review of the Government Chemist has been received. The review will be placed in the Libraries of the House plus those of the devolved Administrations in Wales and…09 Dec 2022HANSARDUK Measurement StrategyA measurement strategy for the national measurement system in being published today. The national measurement system (NMS) is an essential part of the UK’s research and innovation…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Songwriters and Composers: RemunerationI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for putting that on the record; I will put it on the record that we will include that in the roundtable discussion. I will pick up the detailed…07 Dec 2022HANSARD Songwriters and Composers: RemunerationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone—in the warmth of your chairmanship in this cool room this morning. I congratulate the hon. Member for Cardiff West…07 Dec 2022HANSARDManufacturing: Support for InnovationDespite the Opposition’s constant attempts to talk down UK manufacturing, the truth is that we are ninth in the world and fourth in Europe, and that our advanced manufacturing…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManufacturing: Support for InnovationI thank my hon. Friend, the chair of the all-party group for the future of aviation, and I take this opportunity to invite the whole House to celebrate the world-first achieved by…29 Nov 2022