All 1 Lord Winston contributions to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017

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Wed 1st Mar 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
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European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

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Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Wednesday 1st March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

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Lord Howard of Lympne Portrait Lord Howard of Lympne
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My Lords, we could but the Government decided not to. I wish we would. I would like the Government to take that view but they decided not to. I believe that this House needs to face—

Lord Winston Portrait Lord Winston (Lab)
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The noble Lord, Lord Howard, has made one major assertion repeatedly: he kept saying that there are no new facts. There are new facts and they are really important to the British economy. The Government made it clear that science and technology is one way in which we will lead. Yet we are bleeding the best academics from this country at present. They are leaving one by one, or thinking about leaving, because they do not see themselves having a future in this country. That is urgent. It needs to be dealt with now.