Higher Education and Research Bill

My Lords, I will speak to the amendments standing in my name. Briefly, the context is of course t...

My Lords, I support this case as well. Innovate UK has been very successful and should not be con...

My Lords, I support Amendments 482C, 490A, 495C and 495D, to which I have added my name, and supp...

My Lords, it is perhaps important to point out that Innovate UK is to be henceforth merely a comm...

My Lords, I support Amendments 482C, 495C and 495D. I note what has just been said about the comm...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Mair, referred to the short inquiry that the Science and Technolog...

My Lords, last year I shared a platform with the chief executive of Innovate UK at the Internatio...

My Lords, I will begin by saying that I agree 100% with the principles behind many of the amendme...

My Lords, I am not in fact advocating that Innovate UK should be separate—that battle is over. Bu...

I thank my noble friend for that.

Turning to how autonomous and free Innovate UK is, I full...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his detailed response and other noble Lords who have contribut...

Moved by

Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD)

483: Clause 86, page 55, line 12, leave out ...

My Lords, I shall move Amendment 483 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Storey and speak...

My Lords, we have discussed at good length the various problems that Innovate UK might or might n...

My Lords, in commenting briefly on this clause I draw attention to the fact that I am currently t...

My Lords, I shall speak to our amendments. The noble Baroness, Lady Garden, has made a very good ...

My Lords, we could debate this issue for two or three hours, but we must restrain ourselves. I tu...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and other noble Lords for their contributions to thi...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

483A: Clause 86, page 55, line 14, leave out sub...

My Lords, this continues on the theme of uncertainties. I think that I can deal with the issue fa...

The noble Lord has just made an assertion which I do not think is quite correct. After the resear...

That is a very kind intervention because I no longer need to give the second half of my speech, i...

My Lords, the global research and innovation landscape is constantly evolving. It is important th...

I am almost humbled to accept such a wonderful offer. I thank the Minister very much indeed and b...

Moved by

Lord Prior of Brampton

485: Clause 87, page 55, line 26, at end insert—

My Lords, the Government have brought forward these amendments to clarify the vital importance of...

Moved by

Baroness Brown of Cambridge

485A: Clause 87, page 55, line 32, at end insert...

I shall speak to Amendments 485A, 496 and 499A in my name. I welcome the government amendments to...

I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, who described the wide range of activities ...

I thank the Minister for his reassuring response. I am keen to know how the OfS and Research Engl...

Moved by

Lord Mendelsohn

485E: Clause 87, page 55, line 32, at end insert—

“( )...

My Lords, this group of amendments relates to UK research and the impact of leaving the European ...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 488, which has in a way been trailed already in its substance by t...

My Lords, we have Amendment 490 in this group. I echo what has been said by other noble Lords abo...

My Lords, I welcome all these amendments. As ever, I declare my interests as outlined in the regi...

When the Minister replies, perhaps he could say something about the role of UKRI in the thinking ...

My Lords, today I hosted a group of education leaders from India and in our discussion, they aske...

My Lords, I think we are all pretty much in violent agreement about the critical importance of co...

It does not do anything of the sort. The Minister has told us that the Government agree with the ...

The noble Lord stopped me in full flow. I was just getting to a point raised by the noble Barones...

I thank the Minister for his reply. I shall not echo the sentiment of the noble Lord, Lord Hannay...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

487: Clause 87, page 55, line 38, at end insert—<...

Moved by

Lord Patel

489: Clause 87, page 55, line 38, at end insert—

“( ) In ca...

My Lords, the aim of Amendment 489 is to investigate and ask what autonomy the research councils ...

I shall speak to a couple of amendments that are worth addressing, but I associate myself with th...

My Lords, I support Amendment 489 from the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and shall speak to Amendments ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for a very thoughtful speech at the beginning of th...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comments. I was encouraged by his reassurances about maint...

Moved by

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

489A: Clause 87, page 55, line 38, at end insert...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interests as declared in the register as chief executive of a ...

The repurposing of off-patent drugs is an important and interesting area, not least because it ca...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response. My concern is that the Bill states clearly that...

Moved by

Baroness Brown of Cambridge

490B: Clause 88, page 56, line 18, at end insert...

My Lords, Amendment 490B stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Krebs.

Both Ame...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, for raising this issue. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord...

I thank the Minister for his response and for his commitment to the principle behind the amendmen...

My Lords, in the unavoidable absence of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, I...

My Lords, I strongly support the noble Lord, Lord Watson, on this. I assure noble Lords that I ha...

My Lords, my noble and learned friend Lord Wallace of Tankerness, who, along with the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I recall receiving the letter about the James Hutton Institute, but after so many Membe...

My Lords, I have to start with the confession that the James Hutton Institute is just a name to m...

The Minister is very new to his post and there is absolutely no question of reproach here. What h...

Let me give the noble Lord my response. If it does not cover exactly the points that it should, I...

The whole point is that the James Hutton is not a PSRE. We want to deal with independent research...

I shall have to write to the noble Earl on that matter. I do not have the answer with me and it w...

Moved by

Lord Mackay of Clashfern

492: Clause 89, page 57, line 13, after “scientist”...

My Lords, this is a short but important point. Schedule 9 paragraph 8(1) states:

“UKRI may ...

My Lords, this is an interesting amendment and it has been well trailed since the noble and learn...

My Lords, I am going to respond but I will have to let the noble Lord draw his own conclusions as...

If I thought I had received an answer I would be happy to do so, but surely we need to defend the...

To quickly interject, I will look at the issue my noble and learned friend raises. As the noble L...

I am grateful for that. I am just sorry that the reflection has not taken place between the time ...

I understand that they are.

I am persuaded to withdraw my amendment.

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

497: Clause 91, page 58, line 3, after “research”...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

500: Clause 91, page 58, leave out lines 11 and 1...

Moved by

Baroness Garden of Frognal

503: Clause 95, page 60, line 3, after “(1)” inse...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly to Amendments 503, 505 and 506, to which I added my name. All...

My Lords, as with similar amendments regarding the OfS, I assure noble Lords that the Government ...

I thank the Minister for his reassurances and explanation, and I beg leave to withdraw the amendm...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

508: Clause 105, page 64, line 5, at end insert—<...

Moved by

Lord Mackay of Clashfern

509: Clause 106, page 64, line 16, at end insert—