Horizon Europe: UK Participation

Lord Patel Excerpts
Tuesday 31st January 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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My noble friend gets the Opposition riled more than I do sometimes. Criticism of the EU is almost blasphemy in some parts of this House, but the reality is this is the fault of the EU. We stand ready to continue the negotiations and to associate as soon as the EU is prepared to talk to us about it.

Lord Patel Portrait Lord Patel (CB)
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My Lords, not only are we not a member of Horizon Europe but we are not part of Euratom. I believe that has led to supply problems of radioisotopes imported for both treatment and measurements in medicine. What are the Government doing about that?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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Indeed. The noble Lord is correct. We are working to overcome those difficulties as quickly as we can.