UK's Science Base

Answer: The Technology Strategy Board does an excellent job and has a crucial role, and if the right hon. Gentleman looks at the board's core funding, together with the funding that is available for its new technology and innovation centres, he will see that its funding has increased.

This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Thursday, 15 March 2012 by Stephen Timms (Labour).

Question: It is national science and engineering week, and the Minister and I are both taking part in a mathematics event today. Does he agree with his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, however, in the letter to the Prime Minister that was reported last week, that the Government's science policy is ““piecemeal”” and:"““The Technology Strategy Board…is operating on a shrinking core budget and thereby missing valuable opportunities””?" Do we not need a long-term strategy, such as the one that was set out in 2004?

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