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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Andrew Miller (Labour), on Tuesday, 19 March 2013, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.


VOICE OF THE FUTURE 2013

That this House congratulates the Society of Biology on organising Voice of the Future 2013 on 20 March at the House and on its continuing commitment under its Royal Charter to serve the public benefit by seeking to assist right hon. and hon. Members with a better understanding of science; notes that Voice of the Future 2013 is taking place during National Science and Engineering Week and involves young scientists and engineers from all over the UK, including A Level science students; further notes that the event will be addressed by the Minister for Universities and Science, the Shadow Minister for Universities and Science and the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John Beddington; further notes the special Science Question Time with hon. Members on the Select Committee on Science and Technology; applauds the involvement in this event of many of the UK's greatest science and engineering organisations, including the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Society of Biology, the Institute of Physics, the Biochemical Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Society for Experimental Biology, the Society for Applied Microbiology, the British Pharmacological Society, the Society for Experimental Biology, the Society of Endocrinology, the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, the Geological Society, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Open University; and welcomes the contribution that Voice of the Future 2013 can make to building and maintaining a constructive dialogue between Parliament and the younger generation of scientists and engineers.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1215 
Session
2012-13
Other sponsors
Jim Dobbin
Paul Flynn
Andrew George
Julian Huppert
Stephen Metcalfe
Subjects
Innovation Science
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk