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Alan Brown Excerpts
Tuesday 13th December 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Johnson of Marylebone Portrait Joseph Johnson
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We support international collaboration in science and research in Europe, and indeed around the world, and will continue to do so.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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20. The Government talk about promoting science and innovation, but this Government pulled the plug on funding for carbon capture and storage. How much of the additional £4.7 billion R and D money announced in the autumn statement will be allocated for carbon capture and storage?

Lord Johnson of Marylebone Portrait Joseph Johnson
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We will consult the sector and the science community very carefully as part of our development of the industrial strategy, in a discussion paper that we will launch in the weeks to come.