Horizon Europe Debate
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Baroness Garden of Frognal
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Horizon Europe
Baroness Garden of Frognal Excerpts(2 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
The noble Lord asks a very good question. I know that the Minister for Science has had productive discussions with the Swiss on that. They have an extremely good, advanced and able scientific programme, and we will be looking to step up our co-operation with Switzerland.
Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD)
My Lords, in headier days the Government assured us that Brexit would not mean leaving either Erasmus or Horizon. One is tempted to ask what went wrong, because it certainly is not all the EU’s fault. If the Government have an alternative, why can they not start spending now?