Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

George Freeman Excerpts
Thursday 13th January 2011

(13 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Vince Cable Portrait Vince Cable
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Mr Churchill’s views have much to commend them, and they are still relevant in many ways. Certainly, we wish to see manufacturing promoted and finance working in support of it rather than against it.

George Freeman Portrait George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con)
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The Secretary of State shares my view that the life sciences are a key part of the UK small business sector. Does he share my concern that on the basis of the initial representations from the new local enterprise partnerships, there appears to be a lack of appreciation of the importance of joined-up national work on life sciences? Will he agree to meet me and a delegation from the UK life sciences network to talk about how we can ensure that life sciences are properly built in?