Science And Innovation In The UK (EDM353)

Science And Innovation In The UK

EDM number 353 in 2000-01, proposed by Ian Gibson on 14/02/2001.

That this House notes that drug companies in the United Kingdom employ over 20,000 research staff and invest Ãº2.5 billion per year in research and development; recognises that six of the world's top 25 medicines were developed in the UK; further notes that UK pharmaceutical exports total around Ãº6 billion a year; congratulates Lilly UK on receiving the Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2000 in recognition of the valuable contribution which its modern atypical antipsychotic drug, discovered in the UK, makes to the treatment of almost six million schizophrenia patients worldwide; welcomes the plans by Lilly UK to double the number of research scientists it employs in the UK; and calls on the Government to do all it can to ensure that the UK remains a world leader in science and innovation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Gibson	14/02/2001	Norwich North	Labour	Proposed
Adrian Sanders	14/02/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Hunter	14/02/2001	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	14/02/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	14/02/2001	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Sydney Chapman	14/02/2001	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Edward Davey	14/02/2001	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	15/02/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Simon Thomas	15/02/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Win Griffiths	15/02/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/02/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Keetch	15/02/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/02/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	15/02/2001	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	26/02/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/02/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/02/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	26/02/2001	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/02/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jack Cunningham	27/02/2001	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	27/02/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	28/02/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	28/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	28/02/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	28/02/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	28/02/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/02/2001	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	28/02/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
John McFall	28/02/2001	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/02/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Clark	28/02/2001	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	01/03/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/03/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	05/03/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/03/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/03/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	05/03/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	05/03/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	06/03/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	06/03/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	07/03/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/03/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	13/03/2001	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Donald Gorrie	13/03/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/03/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	15/03/2001	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/03/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	03/04/2001	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	05/04/2001	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	06/04/2001	Crosby	Labour	Signed

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