Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 201…
Should our successor Committee wish to further explore emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19, we recommend: • Funding should be made available for diagnostic facilities to uphold contracts, maintain equipment, and run laboratories to allow for fast and accurate diagnoses and aid the surveillance of emerging diseases; and • Ensure …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Should our successor Committee wish to explore the reform of the UK health data strategy, we recommend it considers: • Investigating the replication of the academic model of open and competitive funding to solve problems and develop Privacy Enhancing technologies (PETs) and other critical pieces of data infrastructure as an …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Should our successor Committee wish to examine the governance of AI, we recommend it considers: • The powers, coordination mechanisms and capacity of UK regulators to respond to the growing prevalence of AI in their sectors; Legacy – Parliament 2019–24 73 • The case for AI-specific legislation in the UK, …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Should our successor Committee wish to examine the cyber security and resilience of the UK’s critical national infrastructure, we recommend it considers: • Following up how the Government is monitoring the emerging threats from nation states, state-sponsored actors, and criminal organisations on the UK’s critical national infrastructure. This should include …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Should our successor Committee wish to examine the role of hydrogen in achieving net zero, we recommend it considers: • Scrutinising Government decision-making relating to the deployment of hydrogen ahead of 2030; • Examining findings from trials of hydrogen in different areas of the economy (e.g. energy storage, transport) and …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Should our successor Committee wish to examine the Government’s approach to delivering new nuclear, we recommend it considers: • Examining what progress has been made towards the Government reaching FID for two new nuclear plants by the end of the next Parliament, including progress made on Sizewell C and progress …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Should our successor Committee wish to consider the antimicrobial potential of bacteriophages, we recommend: • Seeking updates on whether the MHRA has produced guidance relating to the data that would be required to evaluate applications for clinical trials and licensed phage products promised in the Government’s response; • Asking for …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Should our successor Committee wish to examine the Government’s approach to fungal research, we recommend it considers: • How the Government and UK Research and Innovation can support research into the antifungal resistance in the environment, animals, and humans, to increase the evidence base; • How the Government and its …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Should our successor Committee wish to examine the Government’s approach to insect decline and UK food security, we recommend: 76 Legacy – Parliament 2019–24 • Examining the Government and its agencies’ strategies for sustaining long- term insect monitoring research and initiating new studies to address systemic knowledge gaps; • Scrutinising …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 201…
Should our successor Committee wish to consider levels of diversity and inclusion in STEM, we recommend it considers: • Examining whether the trends in STEM education, particularly in subject uptake and attainment, as well as the delivery of STEM curriculum content, have changed since the Committee’s inquiry, and the potential …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 201…
Should our successor Committee wish to further explore the commercialisation of research, we recommend it considers: • recommending the establishment of a coherent system to facilitate interactions between businesses and research and technology organisations to make support for business more visible and accessible; Legacy – Parliament 2019–24 77 • Recommending …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Conclusion
Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 201…
Should our successor Committee wish to examine UK space policy, it should consider: • Scrutinising the ongoing implementation of the spaceflight regulations and their impact on the success of the UK’s small satellite launch sector; • Exploring the progress made on the ten points set out in the Position, Navigation …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Conclusion
Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 201…
Should our successor Committee wish to consider UK astronomy, it could: • Consider whether funding timeframes for astronomy strategies, programmes and infrastructure need to be lengthened and if astronomy needs a single voice rather than a split between the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the UK Space Agency; • …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 201…
Should our successor Committee wish to examine the UK’s telecommunications infrastructure and domestic capability, we recommend it considers: • The implementation of the 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy, and relevant policy and technical developments since the then Committee’s report; • Examining the Government’s participation in international standards bodies for critical …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 201…
Should our successor Committee wish to examine blockchain technology, we recommend that it examines in greater depth potential use cases in the public and private sectors; including the benefits, risks, potential opportunities, regulatory environment and public understanding about the technology. (Paragraph 212) Recommendations for future work
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Recommendation
Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 201…
Should our successor Committee wish to examine quantum technologies, we recommend it considers: • Scrutinising how the Government is achieving the aims and objectives set out in the National Quantum Strategy and its associated Missions; • Examining how the Government and UK Research and Innovation are supporting the commercialisation of …
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology