Business of the House

Kim Johnson Excerpts

Thursday 12th November 2026 Commons Chamber

[Sir Alan Campbell]

I am looking around the Chamber to see whether my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield (Tim Roca) is present before I answer. I was delighted to see the hon. Gentleman’s team progress; unfortunately, my diary for the weekend is already somewhat full, but I will give thought to whether we can join forces at a future game—hopefully one in which his team continue to progress.

[Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside) (Lab)]

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in my constituency is one of only two tropical medicine institutions in the UK and the longest established, dating back to 1898. It now faces £24 million of cuts over the next three years and significant redundancies, due in part to the reduction of research funding. At a time when infectious diseases continue to have a global impact, those cuts risk lifesaving research and the loss of highly skilled jobs. Will the Leader of the House grant time to debate the impact that cuts to research funding have on world-class institutions such as LSTM?

[Sir Alan Campbell]

My hon. Friend is right to champion Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the valuable research it does. We will shortly be commissioning an independent review to provide advice on how specialist research providers should be recognised within the Research England funding framework in order to make sure those providers’ contributions are reflected in future funding decisions, but I will ask Ministers to write to my hon. Friend with further details about the issues she raises.