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My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s response on the Haldane principle, the restatement of which is a welcome clarification.
On capital spending, I applaud the continued investment in Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire and the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in London. They are hugely important projects.
Mr Willetts’ statement refers to further decisions on capital projects of strategic importance. When can we expect those further decisions? They may be very important indeed.
My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s response on the Haldane principle, the restatement of which is a welcome clarification.
On capital spending, I applaud the continued investment in Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire and the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in London. They are hugely important projects.
Mr Willetts’ statement refers to further decisions on capital projects of strategic importance. When can we expect those further decisions? They may be very important indeed.
Asked by
Lord Jenkin of Roding
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 December 2010
I thank my noble friend for his support and encouragement. Of course, the Haldane principle, which is already established, is very important to us.
On the announcements by my right honourable friend in another place, which he hopes and predicts he will be able to make, unfortunately I can say nothing about them at this stage. Like my noble friend, however, I hope that these investments will go ahead.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1092
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Is the noble Baroness aware that one of the few areas in which our country remains world-class is that of fundamental research in the natural sciences? If there is one area that is in grave danger of being cut it is fundamental research in the natural sciences, revealing the total inadequacy of the Government’s approach to these matters.
Is the noble Baroness aware that one of the few areas in which our country remains world-class is that of fundamental research in the natural sciences? If there is one area that is in grave danger of being cut it is fundamental research in the natural sciences, revealing the total inadequacy of the Government’s approach to these matters.
Asked by
Lord Peston
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 December 2010
My Lords, there are many areas in which we have had to make cuts. Let us face it; no Government want to come in and make cuts as soon as they get there. It is not a position that we wanted to be in but it is the position that we are in. There is no doubt, however, that the previous regime did wonderful things with science. We have a previous Science Minister here with us today. I acknowledge the work, time, commitment and money that he personally gave to science. That said, other parts of the Government frittered money away, and we are where we are.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1093-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I am sorry, my Lords—none whatever. We are as one, as far as I am concerned.
I am sorry, my Lords—none whatever. We are as one, as far as I am concerned.
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord McAvoy
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, can the Minister give us an assessment of the damage done to the credibility of the Government’s programme of cuts by the expressions of opposition to it by their own Liberal Ministers Webb, Moore and Cable?
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1093
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the questions of the noble Lord, Lord Broers, always leave me slightly gasping because he is such an expert engineer and has such experience in the field. He must know that all we can say at the moment is where we are and what we hope to achieve in the next four years. I can say no more on this subject at the moment.
My Lords, the questions of the noble Lord, Lord Broers, always leave me slightly gasping because he is such an expert engineer and has such experience in the field. He must know that all we can say at the moment is where we are and what we hope to achieve in the next four years. I can say no more on this subject at the moment.
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Broers
(Crossbench)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of Diamond Light Source, and expenditure there will certainly be very beneficial. While the Minister has mentioned capital expenditures and the cuts, will she give us an idea of whether the Government will try to recover these capital expenditures before the four years of the CSR are up? These 50 per cent cuts in capital that have been handed to the research councils will progressively deplete our equipment and reduce our competitiveness.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1092
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I will talk first about the Medical Research Council. I think there was a question in there about the budget. We have taken into account the fact that we expect the MRC to have additional commercial income from patent licensing et cetera, which will reduce the amount of headline budget increase. I understand the noble Lord’s worries. I think I can commit us to spending as it is now but no further.
I will talk first about the Medical Research Council. I think there was a question in there about the budget. We have taken into account the fact that we expect the MRC to have additional commercial income from patent licensing et cetera, which will reduce the amount of headline budget increase. I understand the noble Lord’s worries. I think I can commit us to spending as it is now but no further.
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Association of Medical Research Charities. While, like many people, we welcomed the Minister’s very skilful settlement to the research councils on Monday, the reality is that there will be an 8 to 10 per cent cut in funding over the next four years. Will my noble friend confirm that there will be no cut in the full economic costs of research council grants to universities? Will she also confirm that the Charity Research Support Fund will be maintained fully, so that the £1 billion that research charities give to our universities for research will be maintained will full economic costs?
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1093
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, within BIS, a substantial amount of funding for science and research programmes—£4.6 billion per annum—has been protected within a ring-fence for the four years of the spending review. Separately, the spending review stated that the Department of Health will increase spending on health research in real terms, and we expect the Ministry of Defence research budget to increase in cash terms over the spending period. It is too early to tell what the implications of the spending review will mean for science spending in other departments.
On the part of the Question that deals with advice, the way in which independent institutions make decisions about increases or decreases in their level of research funding is a matter for those institutions.
My Lords, within BIS, a substantial amount of funding for science and research programmes—£4.6 billion per annum—has been protected within a ring-fence for the four years of the spending review. Separately, the spending review stated that the Department of Health will increase spending on health research in real terms, and we expect the Ministry of Defence research budget to increase in cash terms over the spending period. It is too early to tell what the implications of the spending review will mean for science spending in other departments.
On the part of the Question that deals with advice, the way in which independent institutions make decisions about increases or decreases in their level of research funding is a matter for those institutions.
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Asked by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of government investment in science will be protected from cuts in public expenditure; and what advice they are giving to research institutions that are affected by any cuts.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1091
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I thank my noble friend for his support and encouragement. Of course, the Haldane principle, which is already established, is very important to us.
On the announcements by my right honourable friend in another place, which he hopes and predicts he will be able to make, unfortunately I can say nothing about them at this stage. Like my noble friend, however, I hope that these investments will go ahead.
I thank my noble friend for his support and encouragement. Of course, the Haldane principle, which is already established, is very important to us.
On the announcements by my right honourable friend in another place, which he hopes and predicts he will be able to make, unfortunately I can say nothing about them at this stage. Like my noble friend, however, I hope that these investments will go ahead.
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Jenkin of Roding
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s response on the Haldane principle, the restatement of which is a welcome clarification.
On capital spending, I applaud the continued investment in Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire and the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in London. They are hugely important projects.
Mr Willetts’ statement refers to further decisions on capital projects of strategic importance. When can we expect those further decisions? They may be very important indeed.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1092
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
As I have already said, a large proportion has been protected in a ring-fence, and two of the biggest spending departments outside BIS, the Department of Health and the Ministry of Defence, are maintaining or increasing their research budgets. Other government departments have not yet decided their research budgets; for them, this question is a little premature. We will have to look at other areas such as capital funding, as we know, and no doubt I shall answer questions on them in a moment. They have been very well provided for over the past few years, and I am afraid that capital funding will have to wait until we get front-line science where it should be, in front of the rest of the world.
As I have already said, a large proportion has been protected in a ring-fence, and two of the biggest spending departments outside BIS, the Department of Health and the Ministry of Defence, are maintaining or increasing their research budgets. Other government departments have not yet decided their research budgets; for them, this question is a little premature. We will have to look at other areas such as capital funding, as we know, and no doubt I shall answer questions on them in a moment. They have been very well provided for over the past few years, and I am afraid that capital funding will have to wait until we get front-line science where it should be, in front of the rest of the world.
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Asked by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
I thank the Minister for that reply, but does she acknowledge that only 50 per cent of recent government spending on science research falls within the protected budget, which the Government have heralded so much? Does she recognise that massive cuts are being predicted in departments such as DECC and Defra, as well as the £440 million by RDAs, which will be lost? At a time when our global competitors are increasing investment in R&D, what message does that send about our prospects for future economic growth?
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1092
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I thank my noble friend for that question. On how much of what we say applies to Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, I can confirm that the research council fund across the United Kingdom is without geographical bias. My department works closely with the Governments and funding bodies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to come to these decisions. It seems a fair decision, and we have had a strong settlement. I think the science community is surprised by how well we have managed to do, given that when we came in we faced real financial problems. Science is so important to this country.
I thank my noble friend for that question. On how much of what we say applies to Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, I can confirm that the research council fund across the United Kingdom is without geographical bias. My department works closely with the Governments and funding bodies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to come to these decisions. It seems a fair decision, and we have had a strong settlement. I think the science community is surprised by how well we have managed to do, given that when we came in we faced real financial problems. Science is so important to this country.
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Hunt of Wirral
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, will my noble friend accept from a former Cabinet Minister for Science and Technology how much she and her colleagues are to be congratulated on what is a strong settlement? Will she also recognise that on all sides of this House there is a positive commitment to the importance of the science budget? Can she share with us the figure for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1093
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, there are many areas in which we have had to make cuts. Let us face it; no Government want to come in and make cuts as soon as they get there. It is not a position that we wanted to be in but it is the position that we are in. There is no doubt, however, that the previous regime did wonderful things with science. We have a previous Science Minister here with us today. I acknowledge the work, time, commitment and money that he personally gave to science. That said, other parts of the Government frittered money away, and we are where we are.
My Lords, there are many areas in which we have had to make cuts. Let us face it; no Government want to come in and make cuts as soon as they get there. It is not a position that we wanted to be in but it is the position that we are in. There is no doubt, however, that the previous regime did wonderful things with science. We have a previous Science Minister here with us today. I acknowledge the work, time, commitment and money that he personally gave to science. That said, other parts of the Government frittered money away, and we are where we are.
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Peston
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Is the noble Baroness aware that one of the few areas in which our country remains world-class is that of fundamental research in the natural sciences? If there is one area that is in grave danger of being cut it is fundamental research in the natural sciences, revealing the total inadequacy of the Government’s approach to these matters.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1093-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I thank the Minister for that reply, but does she acknowledge that only 50 per cent of recent government spending on science research falls within the protected budget, which the Government have heralded so much? Does she recognise that massive cuts are being predicted in departments such as DECC and Defra, as well as the £440 million by RDAs, which will be lost? At a time when our global competitors are increasing investment in R&D, what message does that send about our prospects for future economic growth?
I thank the Minister for that reply, but does she acknowledge that only 50 per cent of recent government spending on science research falls within the protected budget, which the Government have heralded so much? Does she recognise that massive cuts are being predicted in departments such as DECC and Defra, as well as the £440 million by RDAs, which will be lost? At a time when our global competitors are increasing investment in R&D, what message does that send about our prospects for future economic growth?
Asked by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
(Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 December 2010
As I have already said, a large proportion has been protected in a ring-fence, and two of the biggest spending departments outside BIS, the Department of Health and the Ministry of Defence, are maintaining or increasing their research budgets. Other government departments have not yet decided their research budgets; for them, this question is a little premature. We will have to look at other areas such as capital funding, as we know, and no doubt I shall answer questions on them in a moment. They have been very well provided for over the past few years, and I am afraid that capital funding will have to wait until we get front-line science where it should be, in front of the rest of the world.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1092
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Association of Medical Research Charities. While, like many people, we welcomed the Minister’s very skilful settlement to the research councils on Monday, the reality is that there will be an 8 to 10 per cent cut in funding over the next four years. Will my noble friend confirm that there will be no cut in the full economic costs of research council grants to universities? Will she also confirm that the Charity Research Support Fund will be maintained fully, so that the £1 billion that research charities give to our universities for research will be maintained will full economic costs?
My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Association of Medical Research Charities. While, like many people, we welcomed the Minister’s very skilful settlement to the research councils on Monday, the reality is that there will be an 8 to 10 per cent cut in funding over the next four years. Will my noble friend confirm that there will be no cut in the full economic costs of research council grants to universities? Will she also confirm that the Charity Research Support Fund will be maintained fully, so that the £1 billion that research charities give to our universities for research will be maintained will full economic costs?
Asked by
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 December 2010
I will talk first about the Medical Research Council. I think there was a question in there about the budget. We have taken into account the fact that we expect the MRC to have additional commercial income from patent licensing et cetera, which will reduce the amount of headline budget increase. I understand the noble Lord’s worries. I think I can commit us to spending as it is now but no further.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1093
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of Diamond Light Source, and expenditure there will certainly be very beneficial. While the Minister has mentioned capital expenditures and the cuts, will she give us an idea of whether the Government will try to recover these capital expenditures before the four years of the CSR are up? These 50 per cent cuts in capital that have been handed to the research councils will progressively deplete our equipment and reduce our competitiveness.
My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of Diamond Light Source, and expenditure there will certainly be very beneficial. While the Minister has mentioned capital expenditures and the cuts, will she give us an idea of whether the Government will try to recover these capital expenditures before the four years of the CSR are up? These 50 per cent cuts in capital that have been handed to the research councils will progressively deplete our equipment and reduce our competitiveness.
Asked by
Lord Broers
(Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 December 2010
My Lords, the questions of the noble Lord, Lord Broers, always leave me slightly gasping because he is such an expert engineer and has such experience in the field. He must know that all we can say at the moment is where we are and what we hope to achieve in the next four years. I can say no more on this subject at the moment.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1092
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, can the Minister give us an assessment of the damage done to the credibility of the Government’s programme of cuts by the expressions of opposition to it by their own Liberal Ministers Webb, Moore and Cable?
My Lords, can the Minister give us an assessment of the damage done to the credibility of the Government’s programme of cuts by the expressions of opposition to it by their own Liberal Ministers Webb, Moore and Cable?
Asked by
Lord McAvoy
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 December 2010
I am sorry, my Lords—none whatever. We are as one, as far as I am concerned.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1093
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, will my noble friend accept from a former Cabinet Minister for Science and Technology how much she and her colleagues are to be congratulated on what is a strong settlement? Will she also recognise that on all sides of this House there is a positive commitment to the importance of the science budget? Can she share with us the figure for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?
My Lords, will my noble friend accept from a former Cabinet Minister for Science and Technology how much she and her colleagues are to be congratulated on what is a strong settlement? Will she also recognise that on all sides of this House there is a positive commitment to the importance of the science budget? Can she share with us the figure for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?
Asked by
Lord Hunt of Wirral
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
22 December 2010
I thank my noble friend for that question. On how much of what we say applies to Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, I can confirm that the research council fund across the United Kingdom is without geographical bias. My department works closely with the Governments and funding bodies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to come to these decisions. It seems a fair decision, and we have had a strong settlement. I think the science community is surprised by how well we have managed to do, given that when we came in we faced real financial problems. Science is so important to this country.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1093
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of government investment in science will be protected from cuts in public expenditure; and what advice they are giving to research institutions that are affected by any cuts.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of government investment in science will be protected from cuts in public expenditure; and what advice they are giving to research institutions that are affected by any cuts.
Asked by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Wilcox
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
22 December 2010
Answered on
22 December 2010
My Lords, within BIS, a substantial amount of funding for science and research programmes—£4.6 billion per annum—has been protected within a ring-fence for the four years of the spending review. Separately, the spending review stated that the Department of Health will increase spending on health research in real terms, and we expect the Ministry of Defence research budget to increase in cash terms over the spending period. It is too early to tell what the implications of the spending review will mean for science spending in other departments.
On the part of the Question that deals with advice, the way in which independent institutions make decisions about increases or decreases in their level of research funding is a matter for those institutions.
Subjects
Finance; Research; Science
Date
22 December 2010
Reference
723 c1091
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 26 October (WA 256), whether the absence of citation of any free websites at references 12 and 13 of the South Central Strategic Health Authority’s consultation document on water fluoridation, which would facilitate the assessment of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 26 October (WA 256), whether the absence of citation of any free websites at references 12 and 13 of the South Central Strategic Health Authority’s consultation document on water fluoridation, which would facilitate the assessment of...
Asked by
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Earl Howe
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 December 2010
The requirements for consultations under the Water Industry Act 1991 are detailed in the Water Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2005. The regulations require that a ““strategic health authority shall:
publish details of the steps they propose to take, and the manner in which individuals who would be affected by it and bodies with an interest can make representations regarding the proposal
in one or more newspapers circulating within the area to which the arrangements relate; and
in such other media accessible within that area as the authority consider appropriate for the purpose of bringing the proposal to the attention of individuals affected and bodies with an interest””.
Legislation
Water Act 2003
Subjects
Disclosure of information; Health hazards; Internet; Drinking water; Public consultation; Research; Fluoride; Bone cancer; South Central Strategic Health Authority
Date
21 December 2010
Reference
5216; 723 c288WA
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding is devoted annually to research into (a) type 1 diabetes, and (b) type 2 diabetes.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding is devoted annually to research into (a) type 1 diabetes, and (b) type 2 diabetes.
Asked by
Lord Morris of Aberavon
(Labour)
Answered by
Earl Howe
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 December 2010
The information requested is not held centrally.
The Government’s recent spending review confirmed that the department will increase spending on health research in real terms, through the National Institute for Health Research.
Subjects
Diabetes; Finance; Research
Date
21 December 2010
Reference
5401; 723 c291WA
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 7 December (WA 34–5), whether the recommendations in Sections 12.4, 12.7.2 and 12.9.1 to 3 of the York report will form part of the programme of further research into water fluoridation to which they are committed.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 7 December (WA 34–5), whether the recommendations in Sections 12.4, 12.7.2 and 12.9.1 to 3 of the York report will form part of the programme of further research into water fluoridation to which they are committed.
Asked by
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Earl Howe
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 December 2010
The department has publicised the fact that it wishes to strengthen the evidence base on fluoridation and will consider, within available resources, soundly based proposals for research projects, including ones which reflect the recommendations of both the York report and the review by the Medical Research Council, Water Fluoridation and Health, published in 2002. A research project is under way on the extent and aesthetic effects of dental fluorosis and I understand the chief dental officer indicated, at a meeting with the noble Earl, that the evaluation of a new fluoride scheme would offer an opportunity to assess the effects on dental decay whilst adjusting for confounding factors. Any such evaluation could also be used to assess the cost-effectiveness of fluoridation.
Subjects
Health; Drinking water; Research; Fluoride
Date
21 December 2010
Reference
5220; 723 c288WA
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the swab tests mentioned in Note 4.2 of the meeting of the Aviation Health Working Group on 18 February 2010 have been conducted; if not, why not; and, if they have, when the results will be published.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the swab tests mentioned in Note 4.2 of the meeting of the Aviation Health Working Group on 18 February 2010 have been conducted; if not, why not; and, if they have, when the results will be published.
Asked by
Countess of Mar
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Earl Attlee
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 December 2010
The Cranfield University research on cabin air has been completed and the report has been sent out to independent scientific peer review. We expect publication of the report to take place in the new year.
Subjects
Aviation; Air pollution; Contamination; Health hazards; Research; Air conditioning
Date
21 December 2010
Reference
5052; 723 c271WA
House
House of Lords