Speeches by Thompson.

“A final question from me. Is there a risk, given the focus on global talent and global talent visas, that that focus comes at the expense of developing home-grown talent?”

“Special educational needs and disabilities families in Erewash and across Derbyshire have been broadly let down by Conservative-run Derbyshire county council, as was profoundly shown in the recent Ofsted report. While I firmly believe that reorganisation of our local services will improve SEND services, news of the dev…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) for securing this debate ahead of National Apprenticeship Week. I am a great advocate of the apprenticeship system. This time last year I was employed at the University of Nottingham, teaching d…”

“23. What steps she is taking to support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work.”

“In 2019, my close friend and constituent Jim was at his desk, working as a web developer, when out of the blue he felt a sudden pain. Jim was having a spinal stroke. He has never since been able to walk. The pain medication that Jim must take to manage his condition limits his ability to work, but sometimes he has unpr…”

“Okay, brilliant. Thank you very much, Dame Angela. That is a wonderful call to action for us.”

“Brilliant. Thank you, everybody.”

“Good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming here today. The Government Office for Science guidance suggests that a departmental R&D strategy forms the basis of research funding plans broadly. I put this question to each of you: is there an overarching strategy that forms the basis of your department’s R&D spending? W…”

“Excellent; good stuff. This is the final question from me, which is a little more open than the previous one. Moving forward and talking about the spending review, as we move forward into the next few months, what discussions have you had in your Departments about how R&D spend is going to function within the context o…”

“Perfect; thank you. I turn to your MOD colleagues.”

“Before I move on to Professor Chappell, what role do you play within your departments’ R&D spending decisions?”

“These are the last couple of questions from me before we move on. Perhaps you could give a blunt yes/no answer to the first one. Summarising everything that we have just been through, in your respective Departments is science advice informing the budgets?”

“What is your personal role within the spending decisions?”

“Before we move on to colleagues from the MOD, you have talked extensively about the R&D strategy that you are currently developing. To what extent is that going to define DSIT’s spending specifically?”

“Professor Chappell, perhaps we can go back to that “strategy” question.”

“Good morning, Dame Angela. Thank you for joining us today. Shortly after your appointment about two years ago, you talked about meeting the leaders of the 10 strands of science and technology framework, and you made a statement about understanding the blockers to delivery. In the couple of years that you have been in p…”

“Great, thank you. That is fascinating. It sounds like you have had some good progress in dealing with that blocking thing that you identified a couple of years ago. To what extent are you working on improving that collaborative nature? Is there anything that you think we as a Committee should be examining in dealing wi…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“I beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163). A Division was called.”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”