Medical Research

Lord Higgins Excerpts

Tuesday 20th March 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord De Mauley]

I am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness for making that point. I absolutely agree with her. The Government’s strategy for UK life sciences sets out our ambition for the UK to become the global hub for life sciences, bringing together business, researchers, clinicians and patients to translate discovery into real benefits for us all.

[Lord Higgins]

My Lords, in relation to the question raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Oppenheim-Barnes, would my noble friend also recognise that there are great problems across Europe in relation to the export of live horses for slaughter under the most appalling conditions? Will he pursue that matter as far as possible in the European context?

[Lord De Mauley]

My Lords, that point is slightly outside the scope of today's Question, but the answer is yes.