That this House congratulates The Royal Society of Chemistry on organising the event entitled Science and the General Election at the House on Tuesday 1st March and on its continuing commitment to serve the public interest by seeking to improve the dialogue between the science and engineering community and Parliament; notes that this event will provide scientists and engineers a chance to hear first-hand about the policies for science and engineering of the major political parties; notes that the event is being supported by the UK's leading science organisations including the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Biology, the Science Council, Save British Science, the Biosciences Federation, the Geological Society, the Royal Astronomical Society, and many more; notes that the event is being co-chaired by Lord May, President of the Royal Society, and Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and concluded by Dr Simon F. Campbell FRSC FRS, President of the Royal Society of Chemistry; notes further that the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr David Giachardi CChem FRSC, is presenting a collection of submissions on priorities for a future Government, made by a wide range of science and engineering organisations, entitled Policies for the Next Parliament; and expresses the hope that Science and the General Election will play a constructive part in discussing science issues before the general election.

That this House congratulates The Royal Society of Chemistry on organising the event entitled Science and the General Election at the House on Tuesday 1st March and on its continuing commitment to serve the public interest by seeking to improve the dialogue between the science and engineering community and Parliament;...

That this House congratulates the Government on the publication of Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014; notes that the costs of maintaining university science departments far exceed inflation; further notes that the higher education funding councils have changed their funding formula to the detriment of the chemical and physical sciences; believes that the drop in grant aid from a 5 to 4-star department, rated by the research assessment exercise, is too steep; views with concern that, despite increased university funding, science departments continue to close; and recommends that the Government carry out a review of these closures and attempts to measure the impact of them on the United Kingdom's long-term economic performance.

That this House congratulates the Government on the publication of Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014; notes that the costs of maintaining university science departments far exceed inflation; further notes that the higher education funding councils have changed their funding formula to the detriment of the chemical and physical sciences;...

That this House congratulates The Royal Society of Chemistry on holding its Parliamentary Links Day at the House on Tuesday 22nd June and on its continuing commitment to serve the public interest by seeking to improve the access to all honourable Members to scientific information and a better understanding of science; notes that among those contributing to this year's event are senior figures drawn from all the core science disciplines and from engineering including Professor Julia Goodfellow of the Institute of Biology, Lord Broers of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Dr Peter Cotgreave from Save British Science, Dr Julia King from the Institute of Physics, and Dr Simon Campbell from the Royal Society of Chemistry; notes that Parliamentary Links Day is now an established and respected event on the annual parliamentary calendar; applauds the co-operative involvement in this event of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Biology and its affiliated bodies, and many other organisations within the science and engineering community; further notes that the Royal Society of Chemistry's pioneering Parliamentary Link Scheme, which pairs scientists with the honourable Members in whose constituencies they live and provides honourable information and briefing on science, is open to Right honourable and honourable Members on all sides of the House; welcomes the expertise and assistance that the scientific community can give to Parliament; and welcomes the continuing contribution that Parliamentary Links Day makes to strengthening the dialogue between Parliament and the science and engineering community on scientific and technological issues.

That this House congratulates The Royal Society of Chemistry on holding its Parliamentary Links Day at the House on Tuesday 22nd June and on its continuing commitment to serve the public interest by seeking to improve the access to all honourable Members to scientific information and a better understanding of...

That this House, in this the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, congratulates all those scientists throughout the world and particularly those at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge who have contributed to the announcement that the entire human genome has been completely sequenced; and notes that this achievement is expected to lead to a new era in medicine.

That this House, in this the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, congratulates all those scientists throughout the world and particularly those at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge who have contributed to the announcement that the entire human genome has been completely sequenced; and notes that this achievement is...

That this House congratulates the Royal Society of Chemistry on holding its Parliamentary Links Day at the House on 25th June and on its continuing commitment to serve the public interest by seeking to improve the access of all honourable Members to scientific information and a better understanding of science; notes that Parliamentary Links Day is now an established and respected event on the annual parliamentary calendar and that it involves scientists and engineers from all over the Untied Kingdom; applauds the involvement in this event of many of the United Kingdom's greatest science and engineering organisations including the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Biology and its affiliated bodies, and many other organisations within the science and engineering community; notes further that the Royal Society of Chemistry's pioneering Parliamentary Link Scheme, which pairs scientists with the honourable Members in whose constituencies they live, and provides information and briefing on science, is open to Right honourable and honourable Members on all sides of the House; welcomes the expertise and assistance that the scientific community can give to Parliament; and welcomes the continuing contribution that Parliamentary Links Day makes to building and maintaining a dialogue between Parliament and the science and engineering community on scientific and technological issues.

That this House congratulates the Royal Society of Chemistry on holding its Parliamentary Links Day at the House on 25th June and on its continuing commitment to serve the public interest by seeking to improve the access of all honourable Members to scientific information and a better understanding of science;...

That this House congratulates the British chemist, Professor John A. Pople, on being awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Chemistry; notes that this has been awarded for his pioneering work in the development of computational methods in quantum chemistry; notes that he began his work at Cambridge University, that among many other honours he has been awarded the prestigious Marlow Medal of the Faraday Division of The Royal Society of Chemistry, and that he is a Fellow of the Royal Society; notes that quantum chemistry is today used within all branches of chemistry and molecular physics and affords a deeper understanding of molecular processes that cannot be obtained from experiments alone; applauds his selfless dissemination of his scientic work as being in the finest traditions of open access to scientific knowledge; notes further that computational chemistry has widespread applications and has greatly increased our knowledge of the inner structure of matter; and expresses the hope that the development and strenghening of the UK's science base can provide a solid foundation for the continued future scientific success of British science.

That this House congratulates the British chemist, Professor John A. Pople, on being awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Chemistry; notes that this has been awarded for his pioneering work in the development of computational methods in quantum chemistry; notes that he began his work at Cambridge University, that among...

That this House observes that there are substantial world-wide market opportunities available to British suppliers of environmental technologies and services in a world market worth $400 billion, which bodes well for the future balance of payments and job creation; notes that the international market is currently dominated by Germany, the USA and Japan, whose governments have developed very supportive policies on research and development funding, export promotion, tax incentives and regulation; believes that it is vital that the British Government encourage British environmental technology and service companies to win a substantial share of these new world markets; and therefore urges all relevant Government departments to develop a comprehensive strategy to support the competitiveness of this exciting new industry, having particular regard to the provision of investment incentives to any company purchasing environmental technologies to control their pollution, as such investment incentives would boost investment, create jobs, boost exports by strengthening the home market for British environmental technology companies, and improve air and water quality and public health.

That this House observes that there are substantial world-wide market opportunities available to British suppliers of environmental technologies and services in a world market worth $400 billion, which bodes well for the future balance of payments and job creation; notes that the international market is currently dominated by Germany, the...