Society Of Biology's Parliamentary Links Day

EDM number 278 in 2013-14, proposed by Andrew Miller on 18/06/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Parliament and Science.

That this House congratulates The Society of Biology on organising this year's Parliamentary Links Day on 25 June 2013 on behalf of the science and engineering community; applauds the theme of Science and Diversity; welcomes the Society's commitment to serve the public interest by improving the access of all hon. Members to scientific information and a better understanding of science; notes the involvement of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, the British Pharmacological Society, the Biochemical Society, the Society for Endocrinology, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Society for Applied Microbiology and the Society for Experimental Biology and many others; further notes the keynote addresses by the Rt hon. Member for Havant and the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood; further notes that other contributors include Dame Nancy Rothwell, Professor Alice Brown, Professor Lesley Yellowlees, Dr Cathy Hobbs, Heather Williams, Beck Smith, Professor Sir Peter Knight, Anne Foster, John Conway, Roma Agrawal, Professor Amrita Ahluwalia and Maggie Aderin-Pocock; further notes that Parliamentary Links Day is an established and respected event on the annual parliamentary calendar; further notes that the Society of Biology and the scientific community remain committed to assisting right hon. and hon. Members on all sides of the House with access to scientific advice; and further welcomes the continuing contribution that Parliamentary Links Day makes to strengthening the dialogue between Parliament and the science and engineering community.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.