The Royal Society Of Biology's Parliamentary Links Day

EDM number 244 in 2016-17, proposed by Stephen Metcalfe on 27/06/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Parliament and Science.

That this House congratulates The Royal Society of Biology on organising this year's Parliamentary Links Day on 28 June 2016 on behalf of the science and engineering community; notes the timely theme of Science After the Referendum: What Next?; welcomes the Society's continuing commitment to serving the public interest by improving the access of all hon. Members to scientific information and a better understanding of science; further 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 Microbiology Society and the Society for Experimental Biology and many others; notes that the event will be launched by Mr Speaker and will include contributions from the hon. Member for Orpington, the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon and the Vice President of the Royal Society Professor Alex Halliday, among others; notes the contributions from many other eminent scientists and communicators; notes that Parliamentary Links Day is an established and respected event on the annual parliamentary calendar; notes that the Society of Biology and the scientific community remains 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 17 MPs.