Written Question
Tuesday 20th December 2016
Asked by:
Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK's decision to leave the EU on UK-based medical research.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The UK will maintain its status as a global centre for research and innovation. The Government has already committed to protect science funding with a total investment of £26.3 billion over the period FY 2016/17 – FY 2020/21. In addition, the Autumn Statement announced an extra £2 billion a year in research and development by the end of this Parliament. The Treasury decision to underwrite the grants of competitively bid for EU research funding while we remain a member of the EU will give British participants and their EU partners the assurance and certainty needed to plan ahead for collaborative projects that can run over many years. We are committed to ensure that the UK continues to be a world leader in international science, including medical research.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2016
Higher Education and Research Bill
"The Minister referred to “an element”. The post-study work visa is not just the subject of “an element” of concern to universities in Scotland; it is of major concern, especially given that what the Home Office has proposed is a tiny and completely unrepresentative pilot. This is a matter of …..."Roger Mullin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2016
Higher Education and Research Bill
"Does the hon. Gentleman therefore agree with Professor Jack Dowie’s view that the teaching excellence framework measures what it measures but does not measure the quality of teaching excellence?..."Roger Mullin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2016
Higher Education and Research Bill
"In last week’s Westminster Hall debate, I specifically challenged the Home Office Minister to name any institutions in Scotland that could be said to fall into the behavioural category the right hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Mark Field) suggested, and he said he could not name one...."Roger Mullin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2016
Higher Education and Research Bill
"I hope not to detain the House for terribly long, but I would like to make several points. The Minister said in relation to our amendment 55, “The Secretary of State would not agree to the varying of money”. That strikes me as the nub of the problem. Although the …..."Roger Mullin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2016
Higher Education and Research Bill
"I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I was not aware of that, but she raises a situation where surely it would make sense for there to be co-operation and co-ordination to understand the different economic and medical interests that exist.
I appeal to the Government: it is not …..."Roger Mullin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2016
Exiting the EU and Workers’ Rights
"On 27 October, I received a reply to a question about what would be in the great repeal Bill. Part of the answer was that on exit day existing rights would be enshrined, but subsequently it would be open to the Government and this Parliament to change those rights...."Roger Mullin - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Asked by:
Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the value for money case for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon; and whether that assessment has been shared with the Hendy Review team.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Department’s assessment as to whether the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon can be considered to be value for money is currently underway. No assessment has been provided to the Hendry Review team.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Oct 2016
Industrial Strategy
"What a pleasure it is to follow my hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian (George Kerevan). As he was talking, I wrote down the following: “Until I read my hon. Friend’s book, I will remain in some sympathy with the hon. Member for Bedford (Richard Fuller) and my hon. …..."Roger Mullin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Oct 2016
Industrial Strategy
"I wish the hon. Gentleman would not mince his words—he should say it as he really feels it.
Where Smith has some relevance is in his argument that critical to growth was the division of labour in society, with specialisation—what we might call today the importance of having the education …..."Roger Mullin - View Speech
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