Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Phil Wilson Excerpts
Wednesday 6th September 2017

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the position that the United Kingdom holds in science and innovation. We are already a leading destination: we have some of the world’s top universities, three of which are in the world’s top 10, and we have more Nobel prize winners than any country outside the United States. We have a proud history of cutting-edge research in science, innovation and technology and, as he says, Brexit gives us an opportunity to give a further kick-start to our position in relation to the digital economy and technology. We want to attract investment from all over the world and to work with industry to ensure that that can be done.

Phil Wilson Portrait Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab)
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In her party conference speech last year, the Prime Minister said that

“existing workers’ legal rights will continue to be guaranteed in law—and they will be guaranteed as long as I am Prime Minister.”

Will she tell the House how long that will be?