Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Sep 9
Thursday, 10 September 2020 08:30
Extract from Lords debate on Science Research Funding in
Universities (Science and Technology Committee Report) Baroness
Randerson (LD):...On other sources of funding, charities have
funded 15% of research over past years but they have been badly hit
by the virus. Demand for their services have gone up but donations
have gone down. Many charities have seen a big drop in donations.
Four per cent of university research income comes from business,
mainly big business—companies such as...Request free trial
Extract from Lords debate
on Science Research Funding in Universities (Science and Technology
Committee Report)
(LD):...On other sources of funding, charities have
funded 15% of research over past years but they have been badly hit
by the virus. Demand for their services have gone up but donations
have gone down. Many charities have seen a big drop in donations.
Four per cent of university research income comes from business,
mainly big business—companies such as Rolls-Royce and Airbus. We all
know what has happened to them during the pandemic. At a time when
they are making thousands of workers redundant, they are unlikely
to take up the slack left by our departure from the EU. So we rely
on government as a source of funding, and that government funding
has stagnated in recent years. The Government now have to take up
that challenge, increase funding in real terms and
fill the gaps left by the other traditional sources of funding. We
cannot take our position at the head of world research for
granted...
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Extract from Opposition
Day debate on Protection of Jobs and Businesses
(Coventry North West) (Lab):...Let me lay bare some
sobering facts and statistics. Since my last speech in this place,
I have learned that in my constituency the number of claimants for
unemployment benefits has risen to 4,780, some 3,500 people are
seeking help from the self-employed income support scheme, 17,000
people are on furlough and 7,600 jobs are in the high-risk category
for unemployment. We have seen job losses at large, small and
medium-sized businesses in Coventry—from
Rolls-Royce to Ikea and many family businesses.
The figures will hit the roof if the furlough scheme is not
extended and better planning not put in place...
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