Medical Research Charities Debate
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Baroness Andrews
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Medical Research Charities
Baroness Andrews Excerpts(11 months ago)
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Viscount Camrose (Con)
At the risk of testing the House’s patience, I cannot describe what our negotiating goals are for fear of prejudicing the outcome of the negotiations.
Baroness Andrews (Lab)
In the light of comments from across the House, what progress does the Minister think we are making towards us becoming a global science superpower, and when does he think we might actually become such a thing? [Laughter.]
Viscount Camrose (Con)
I regret hearing the laughter at the question. We are a country with 1% of the world’s population, over 6% of the world’s published academic studies, and over 13% of the most highly cited academic studies in the world. I think I am right in saying that that makes us third globally, second in the OECD and first in Europe.