The Royal Society Of Chemistry And Parliamentary Links Day

EDM number 1290 in 1994-95, proposed by Donald Anderson on 22/06/1995.

That this House congratulates The Royal Society of Chemistry on holding its Parliamentary Links Day at the House on Tuesday 27th June and on its continuing commitment to serve the public interest by seeking to improve the scientific understanding of hounourable Members; notes that the Society's pioneering Parliamentary Link Scheme which provides information and briefing on chemistry-related scientific subjects, is open to Right honourable and honourable Members on all sides of the House; further notes the extensive educational activity of the Society to promote high quality chemistry teaching and education at all levels from primary through secondary to university education in the United Kingdom; and applauds the initiative of the Society and the constructive role it plays in the technology foresight process and for devoting this year's Parliamentary Links Day both to the crucial link between the core science of chemistry and the United Kingdom's scientific research base and to the central role that chemistry plays in wealth creation and the quality of life. (Relevant registered interest declared)

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.