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Lord Johnson of Marylebone

Main Page: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 5th July 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Lord Johnson of Marylebone Portrait Joseph Johnson
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This Government, more than any other, understand the importance of science funding. That is why we have protected science spending until the end of the Parliament—a decade of real-terms protection. Our universities and institutes can continue today to apply for EU competitive funding streams under Horizon 2020, and I am sure they will continue to be successful in the future.

[Official Report, 28 June 2016, Vol. 612, c. 140.]

Letter of correction from Joseph Johnson.

An error has been identified in the response I gave to the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle) during Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education.

The correct response should have been:

Lord Johnson of Marylebone Portrait Joseph Johnson
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This Government, more than any other, understand the importance of science funding. That is why we have protected science spending until the end of the Parliament—a decade of protection. Our universities and institutes can continue today to apply for EU competitive funding streams under Horizon 2020, and I am sure they will continue to be successful in the future.