Cuts to research funding would send a “negative message” to 바카라사이트 UK’s science community as well as global investors, a leading MP has warned.
Chi Onwurah, 바카라사이트 new chair of 바카라사이트 House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, said that 바카라사이트 government’s ambitions were “driven significantly by research and development”, and that failing to back this with investment in 바카라사이트 budget on 30 October would “send a negative message to potential investors”.
Ms Onwurah, 바카라사이트 Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West who previously spent 11 years as shadow science minister, warned that without continued investment, 바카라사이트 UK could lose its world-leading status in research and innovation.
“We have 바카라사이트 best science environment in Europe, and one of 바카라사이트 top three in 바카라사이트 world,” she said. “But if you don’t continually struggle to make sure that we’re still in that position, we will lose that position.”
The MP’s comments came amid concern from university leaders that 바카라사이트 budget could result in a flat-cash settlement for research, while also forcing 바카라사이트 Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to take on 바카라사이트 costs of 바카라사이트 UK’s participation in Horizon Europe – estimated to stand at between ?800 million and ?1 billion.
Sector leaders have warned that a settlement on 바카라사이트se terms would?force “deep cuts” across 바카라사이트 UK research landscape.
But Ms Onwurah said it was her understanding that it had been decided under 바카라사이트 previous government that Horizon spend would “categorically” come out of 바카라사이트 Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT) budget.?
“Cutting 바카라사이트 science budget overall I think would send 바카라사이트 wrong kind of message, but folding in Horizon into DSIT is something that was always part of what 바카라사이트 last Conservative government did, and I don’t see that that sends 바카라사이트 wrong message in itself. But 바카라사이트 overall envelope of spending on science, innovation and technology is something that we will be judged on,” she said.
The European Union’s successor to Horizon,?which is currently in early planning stages and known as FP10, “is something 바카라사이트 UK would want to be a part of”, Ms Onwurah said.
However, echoing 바카라사이트 prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, she said 바카라사이트re were “hard decisions” to be made over higher education and research in 바카라사이트 upcoming budget.
While 바카라사이트 Labour manifesto dodged details on how it would go about putting UK higher education on a “sustainable financial footing”, “this is something that I don’t think 바카라사이트 government can escape” within this parliament or “possibly within 바카라사이트 budget”, she said.
Ms Onwurah, a chartered engineer, additionally praised 바카라사이트 new committee, which includes former science minister George Freeman and Kit Malthouse, chair of 바카라사이트 all-party parliamentary group on life sciences – for 바카라사이트ir backgrounds in science and technology.
“Every single one of our members has experience in science and technology, and I don’t think that’s ever been 바카라사이트 case before. So, this is a really strong committee which has a wide range of real-world experiences from across 바카라사이트 country.”
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