Jodrell Bank Observatory

EDM number 1165 in 1999-00, proposed by Nicholas Winterton on 21/11/2000.

That this House notes with concern and disappointment the recent decision of the North West Science Review Committee not to grant funding for the Jodrell Bank Observatory's e-MERLIN project; welcomes the Observatory's excellent ratings given by an International Review comprising of a panel of distinguished astronomers; recognises that the Jodrell Bank Observatory is the only major astronomy centre in the United Kingdom and is of international importance; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in his capacity as Chairman of the North West Science & Daresbury Development Group, to look favourably on Jodrell Bank Observatory's bid for ú7 million funding for the e-MERLIN project, in order to keep the Jodrell Bank Observatory and the Sir Bernard Lovell radio telescope at the forefront of the world's astronomical research.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.