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- Horizon deal: Refusing to sign up would be “needless act of self-harm”
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Sunak must show some backbone & commit to voting to suspend Pincher
Responding to the news that the House of Commons standards committee has said Chris Pincher should be suspended, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said:
Chris Pincher adds his name to the long list of disgraced former Conservatives caught up in sleaze and scandal.
After missing so many vital votes in Parliament, Rishi Sunak must finally show some backbone and confirm he will vote to suspend Chris Pincher.
Sunak promised to govern with integrity, he must vote with it.
Horizon deal: Refusing to sign up would be “needless act of self-harm”
Responding to reports that the UK and EU have reached a draft deal on Horizon Europe but that Rishi Sunak has not yet signed it off, Liberal Democrat Europe Spokesperson Layla Moran MP commented:
Refusing to sign up to research cooperation with Europe would be a senseless act of self-harm.
We’ve seen too many false dawns over Horizon Europe, every day that is wasted means more scientists deprived of funding.
The Government has trashed our relationship with Europe, put up needless trade barriers and prevented scientists from cooperating on everything from tackling climate change to curing cancer.
It’s vital that Rishi Sunak approves this deal as soon as possible – it’s a no brainer.
One of the more obscure (at least as far as the general public is concerned) areas of worry resulting from Brexit was British participation in Horizon 2020, the European Union’s Programme for Innovation and Research, which invested significant sums into European research and development programmes, linking researchers across the Union for that purpose. The transitional period appeared to allow British participation until its end, even if Conservative politicians seem determined to put that in doubt.
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