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Proceeding contribution from Jim Cousins (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 December 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Pre-Budget Report.


Pre-Budget Report

May I ask my right hon. Friend to go back to his Budget three years ago, when he announced that Newcastle would be a science city? That is reinforced today by his pledge for more money for medical research and stem cell research, which are the heart of Newcastle’s recent world-beating scientific successes. May I ask him to give Cabinet leadership for science? May I ask him to share out the money that he is making available, not through closed old boy networks, but in an open and accountable way, so that if, as I believe, Newcastle can have 50 per cent. of the best ideas, it can have 50 per cent. of the money?


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Type
Proceeding contribution
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454 c324 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Disadvantaged Armed forces Climate change Carbon dioxide Biofuels Apprentices Employment Finance Education Investment Film Economic situation Economic growth Private sector Personal savings Minimum wage Public sector Public expenditure Pollution control Social security benefits Universities Schools Training Young people Taxation Research Literacy Numeracy Pre-Budget report 2006
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