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Voice Of The Future 2013

EDM number 1215 in 2012-13, proposed by Andrew Miller on 19/03/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Research and innovation and Science.

That this House congratulates the Society of Biology on organising Voice of the Future 2013 on 20 March at the House and on its continuing commitment under its Royal Charter to serve the public benefit by seeking to assist right hon. and hon. Members with a better understanding of science; notes that Voice of the Future 2013 is taking place during National Science and Engineering Week and involves young scientists and engineers from all over the UK, including A Level science students; further notes that the event will be addressed by the Minister for Universities and Science, the Shadow Minister for Universities and Science and the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John Beddington; further notes the special Science Question Time with hon. Members on the Select Committee on Science and Technology; applauds the involvement in this event of many of the UK's greatest science and engineering organisations, including the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Society of Biology, the Institute of Physics, the Biochemical Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Society for Experimental Biology, the Society for Applied Microbiology, the British Pharmacological Society, the Society for Experimental Biology, the Society of Endocrinology, the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, the Geological Society, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Open University; and welcomes the contribution that Voice of the Future 2013 can make to building and maintaining a constructive dialogue between Parliament and the younger generation of scientists and engineers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Miller19/03/2013Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourProposed
Andrew George19/03/2013St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Julian Huppert19/03/2013CambridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Stephen Metcalfe19/03/2013South Basildon and East ThurrockConservativeSeconded
Jim Dobbin20/03/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Paul Flynn20/03/2013Newport WestLabourSeconded
Jim Dowd20/03/2013Lewisham West and PengeLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins21/03/2013Luton NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton21/03/2013GowerLabourSigned
Mike Hancock21/03/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams21/03/2013Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Tredinnick22/03/2013BosworthConservativeSigned
Mary Glindon22/03/2013North TynesideLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/03/2013Islington NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell25/03/2013Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
George Howarth26/03/2013KnowsleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale26/03/2013MansfieldLabourSigned
John Cryer26/03/2013Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John Leech26/03/2013Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Margaret Ritchie10/04/2013South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Simon Hughes10/04/2013Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby10/04/2013Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Mike Gapes10/04/2013Ilford SouthLabourSigned
David Ward10/04/2013Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned

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