Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Richard Foord and Layla Moran

Wednesday 10th January 2024 Commons Chamber

[Richard Foord (Tiverton and Honiton) (LD)]

7. Whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help retain researchers from overseas who are working in the UK.

[Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon) (LD)]

12. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to encourage overseas researchers and innovators to come to the UK.

[The Minister for Science, Research and Innovation (Andrew Griffith)]

I hope that the hon. Members and their party will join me in celebrating just what a fantastic place the UK is for international researchers to work and live. We have one of the strongest science bases, the world’s leading universities and research institutions, and the largest ever public research and development budget. With our association with Horizon from the beginning of the year, we are central to global research collaboration.