Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape Report Debate
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Lord Watts
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Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape Report
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Viscount Camrose (Con)
Yes, indeed: these are very important principles to allow research institutions, whether publicly or privately funded, autonomy in the research they undertake. As well as the Nurse review, the Tickell review into bureaucracy in the R&D landscape addresses these things and we will also shortly be publishing our response to the latter review.
Lord Watts (Lab)
My Lords, is there evidence that the successive cuts in business taxes have led to increases in investment and research in the UK?
Viscount Camrose (Con)
If there any such evidence, I am afraid I am not familiar with it.