Extract from second reading debate (Commons) of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill - Mar 23
Wednesday, 24 March 2021 08:32
Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):...Close to my constituency is the
Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick campus,
which of course has a close relationship with the automotive
sector—highly appropriate as Coventry is the heart of motor
manufacturing. The WMG has had a big hand in the research for the
industry and is currently working on battery technology. As an
aside, Coventry would be an excellent location for a gigafactory...
...We have heard discussion about how ARIA’s...Request free trial
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(Con):...Close to my constituency is the Warwick
Manufacturing Group at the University of
Warwick campus, which of course has a close
relationship with the automotive sector—highly appropriate as
Coventry is the heart of motor manufacturing. The WMG has had a big
hand in the research for the industry and is currently working on
battery technology. As an aside, Coventry would be an excellent
location for a gigafactory...
...We have heard discussion about how ARIA’s mission will fit
with other Government priorities and the need for the organisation
to be free to follow its own course. I am particularly concerned
about the closeness of the links with industry and how important
they will be. I was reminded of that this morning at an excellent
Industry and Parliament Trust event on the UK role in the
development of the UK battery industry. We heard Professor David
Greenwood of the University of
Warwick speak about the need to link research and
development to the existence of a market for what is being
introduced. He told us an account about the development of the
lithium ion battery, I think at Oxford. It was developed in the UK
at a time when there was no commercial application for it. The
mobile phone and the move towards electric vehicle that we know
about today did not exist, and it took a Japanese camcorder
manufacturer to recognise the opportunity that small powerful
batteries created. That gave an application for the battery, and
once used in that application, other uses became apparent. This new
body must be close to industrial applications...
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