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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 10 November 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford. The answering member was Lord Vaizey of Didcot.

Science Research

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on scientific research.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
518 c108-34WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Julian Huppert | 518 c118-21WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that comment. Indeed, that was my next point, so it was very he...
Julian Huppert | 518 c118WH (Link to this contribution) I was wondering whether I could tempt the right hon. Gentleman.
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David Lammy | 518 c118WH (Link to this contribution) I want to add something on that specific point, although I think that the hon. Gentleman will welcom...
Julian Huppert | 518 c117WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under you, Mrs Brooke. Before I start, I should declare an interest ...
Andrew Miller | 518 c115-6WH (Link to this contribution) Before I was rudely interrupted—not through any fault of yours, Mrs Brooke—I was going on to draw so...
David Lammy | 518 c118WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Julian Huppert | 518 c117-8WH (Link to this contribution) We were aiming to make it easier to collect virgin female fruit flies, and I will explain later exac...
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 518 c108-12WH (Link to this contribution) I am absolutely delighted to have secured today's debate on science research. The contents of my inb...
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 518 c112-4WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments. As a musicologist, it is hard for me to disagree,...
David Lammy | 518 c112WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady agree with me that, in relation to those future innovations, subjects beyond thos...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c133-4WH (Link to this contribution) I thought about standing up and simply saying that I would write to the right hon. and hon. Members,...
Andrew Smith | 518 c133WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister is doing very well in the limited time, but can he write to us on the specific question...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c133WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, that is the Treasury on the phone. Going to such large scientific facilities—I was struck in p...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c131-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the chance to speak under your chairmanship, Mrs Brooke. The last times I spoke in...
Adam Afriyie | 518 c132WH (Link to this contribution) May I bring the Minister's attention to another point that was raised? In my time as the shadow Mini...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 518 c132-3WH (Link to this contribution) If I can make a career-ending response to that, in my short experience as a Minister I have discover...
Andrew Miller | 518 c127WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that those 100 or so tiny companies are in Daresbury as a result of th...
David Mowat | 518 c126-7WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon Central (Gavin Barwell) for giving me the chance to sp...
Chi Onwurah | 518 c128-30WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Nicola Blackwood) on securing a debate ...
David Mowat | 518 c127-8WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. The key term is multidisciplinary. Those companies interact with ea...
Chi Onwurah | 518 c130-1WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise. The STFC, which funds that laboratory in the Minister's constituency, is likely to be h...
Lord Barwell | 518 c125-6WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point to which I am sure that the Minister will respond. My point ...
Lord Barwell | 518 c125WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for those clear instructions, Mrs Brooke. I will watch the clock carefully. I congratulate...
Neil Carmichael | 518 c125WH (Link to this contribution) It is good to see science supported and to ensure that science works with business. Many business me...
Andrew Smith | 518 c124-5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, which I shall add to my list of questions. We will all be loo...
Speaker | 518 c125WH (Link to this contribution) There are 12 minutes remaining. I wish to call two speakers—Gavin Barwell and David Mowat—and I call...
Stephen Mosley | 518 c124WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has asked the Minister a number of questions—I agree pretty much with all of them...
Andrew Smith | 518 c121-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my neighbour, the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Nicola Blackwood), on sec...
Speaker | 518 c121WH (Link to this contribution) Order. If I may intervene; there are 25 minutes left, and at least three speakers before the winding...
Speaker | 518 c116WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The winding-up speeches will now commence at 3.51 pm unless we have another Division.
Speaker | 518 c114-5WH (Link to this contribution) As Members can tell, there is a Division in the House. The sitting will be suspended and will resume...
Andrew Miller | 518 c114WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Nicola Blackwood) on securing this deba...
Julian Huppert | 518 c121WH (Link to this contribution) I am about to finish, Mrs Brooke. I think that Professor Cox is to some extent right, and to some ex...
Graham Stringer | 518 c121WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making an interesting speech. Does he agree with Professor Cox who said when h...
Subjects
Capital investment Engineering Medicine Universities Technology Research Science Research and development tax credit Mathematics Research councils STEM subjects
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