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Debate between Julian Lewis and Josh MacAlister(6 days, 1 hour ago)
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Josh MacAlister
If my hon. Friend writes to me with the details, I would be very happy to speak to colleagues at the Department for Transport.
Sir Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con)
Despite the Secretary of State’s robust answer on Chinese influence on academia, dare I set her a little homework? If she would like to take a look at the relevant section of the non-partisan Intelligence and Security Committee’s report on China, published in July 2023, she would find a lot of interesting and worrying information in it.
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Debate between Julian Lewis and Josh MacAlister(1 month, 2 weeks ago)
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Josh MacAlister
I thank my hon. Friend for his advocacy for his constituents and for the school concerned. A number of schemes are available that may be able to support the school with the situation it faces, and I would be happy to speak to him further about that.
Sir Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con)
The Arts and Humanities Research Council receives £70 million in public money to fund postgraduate research. What mechanism and powers does the Secretary of State have to check that such substantial funds are not squandered on politically tendentious projects, such as those exposed by Laurence Sleator on page 27 of The Times on Saturday? Will she perhaps take a look at the article and write to me?
Josh MacAlister
I am sure that we would be happy to look at the article, but the last thing that people outside this building want is politicians deciding what research should be done, in the same way as we do not want judges being appointed by politicians in this House either.