Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jul 2018
Construction Sector Deal
"I welcome what the Minister says about the 25,000 apprenticeships, but one of the grand challenges facing the Government is helping to meet the needs of an ageing population. How does the deal help to meet that need?..."John Howell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 May 2018
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
"The Minister may be aware that in the last few hours, I have had a conversation with the head of Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, who says that the Government are moving in the right direction on this, and have already agreed to pay for an association and are moving …..."John Howell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"Does the Minister agree that at the recent meeting of the all-party group on nuclear fusion, which I chair, the Government’s attitude to expanding their collaboration in nuclear activity was greatly evident?..."John Howell - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 18th January 2018
Asked by:
John Howell (Conservative - Henley)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent results have been achieved from medical research conducted by British and Israeli scientists through the Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
BIRAX will soon have funded 19 collaborative research projects focused on regenerative medicine and raised almost £10 million of funding, more than 90% of it from research foundations and philanthropic donors. This year a major new initiative, BIRAX Ageing, will launch which will be the main academic research theme for the next 4-5 years.
Principal Investigators presented BIRAX supported research at 71 conferences and workshops to over 21,000 Principal Investigators, postdoctoral students and students across 22 countries including the US, India, China, France, Japan, Germany, Sweden as well as to audiences in the UK and Israel. To date, 27 scientific articles have been published as a result of BIRAX projects and BIRAX funded research has been cited 635 times.
Three of the seven BIRAX projects which concluded in 2016, have registered patents and two project teams have been approached by biotech companies expressing an interest in licensing their intellectual property. Three BIRAX projects have secured further funding for research initiated under the BIRAX initiative.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Nov 2017
Budget Resolutions
"Surely one of the ways in which we can improve innovation and productivity is by having better broadband and telephony. I heard what the Secretary of State said yesterday, but in my area we have zero G, not 5G. Would he like to encourage my area by saying that the …..."John Howell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Nov 2017
Student Loans Company
"Would the Minister like to explain what role the Office for Students will play in this, and how it will help?..."John Howell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Oct 2017
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
"Following conversations with the leadership of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, which is in my constituency, does the Secretary of State agree that their stance on Euratom is not about Euratom itself, but about knowing when all the details will be finalised?..."John Howell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Jul 2017
Euratom Membership
"As the hon. Gentleman knows, I represent the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham establishment. He mentions associate membership, which is considered a valid compromise by the management of Euratom, but there are two models: the Swiss model and the Ukrainian model. Does he have a feeling about which way …..."John Howell - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Jul 2017
Euratom Membership
"As I mentioned in my intervention, I represent the Culham UKAEA establishment. The urgency to resolve this issue is that Euratom’s work programme runs out in December 2018. The European Commission is pushing hard to negotiate terms for the 2019-20 programme, but the fly in the ointment is Austria’s taking …..."John Howell - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
European Union (Approvals) Bill
"How does the agency differ from the Council of Europe? The Council of Europe looks after democracy and the rule of law within Europe, and it carries out exactly the same activities as the agency...."John Howell - View Speech
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