Brexit: Science and Research Funding - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:01 pm ar 5 Mehefin 2018.

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Photo of Lord Henley Lord Henley Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) 3:01, 5 Mehefin 2018

My Lords, I am not going to make any commitment in advance of the negotiations. As the noble Lord is aware, it is important that we get a good deal here, and I think it is in the interests of both the United Kingdom and the EU. The noble Lord will be aware of what Pascal Lamy said only a year ago:

“Whatever Brexit modalities are agreed between the UK and the EU by 2019, full and continued engagement with the UK within the post-2020 EU R&I programme remains an obvious win-win for the UK and the EU”.

The UK has one of the strongest science bases of all European countries. We want to continue negotiating on that basis, and we think that the EU does as well.