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 welcomes the commitment of ??1 billion to support the science infrastructure in United Kingdom universities, which illustrates the Government's support for a strong science base which results in contributions like the human genome project, which will benefit mankind and furthers the Government's intention to support innovation and a knowledge-based economy; and further notes that the support for PhD students in the announcement is a major advance which should help attract the brightest brains into the fields of science and technology.

That this House welcomes the commitment of ??1 billion to support the science infrastructure in United Kingdom universities, which illustrates the Government's support for a strong science base which results in contributions like the human genome project, which will benefit mankind and furthers the Government's intention to support innovation and...

That this House is gravely concerned by the extremely low pay for technical and scientifically qualified staff in the National Health Service, without whom an increasingly science-based service is in danger of collapse; and accordingly urges the Government to address the issue of pay for staff groups outside the Pay Review Body as a matter of urgency in order to maintain the recruitment and retention of essential highly skilled workers to the National Health Service.

That this House is gravely concerned by the extremely low pay for technical and scientifically qualified staff in the National Health Service, without whom an increasingly science-based service is in danger of collapse; and accordingly urges the Government to address the issue of pay for staff groups outside the Pay...