What could the UK learn from other countries in the field of astronomy and what should we be asking of the Government?

At Science, Innovation and Technology Committee this week I questioned UK experts in the field. 🪐🔭

Watch National Space Centre CEO Chas Bishop response on what the Government could do.👇🏾

This week, we were pleased to host so many of those who have engaged with our committee over this parliament.

We’re grateful to have heard from such a diverse group from across the sciences, technology and innovation space.

Find out more about our work: parliament.uk/CommonsSITC

What role can the public play in making UK Astronomy diverse and inclusive?

In our session on Wednesday, we’re joined by:

- BBC The Sky at Night’s Maggie Aderin-Pocock and chrislintott
- President of BritAstro
- CEO of National Space Centre

Watch it live at 9.30am: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/51…

🌍Climate change 🧠Dementia 🧬Breast cancer

What's the link?

#Quantum technologies are helping in the fight against all of them

Join us Weds to find out how Department for Science, Innovation and Technology & UK Research and Innovation can support the UK's world-leading quantum research to #market and export

Greg Clark

Was very pleased to take part in the Royal Society of Biology’s Voice of the Future Event #VOF2024 . Usually, the Science, Innovation and Tech Committee is the one asking the questions. This week, we were quizzed by a panel of early career scientists from 20 STEM orgs on science policy.

#SITC “bemused” by Gov't claims on lack of specialist laboratory capacity in UK

👉🏾read more on Department of Health and Social Care's response to our January report on the life-and-limb saving potential of 'helpful viruses' 🦠in the fight vs anti-microbial resistance

#Phages
📖committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/…

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At #VOF2024 this week, early career researchers quizzed MPs and members of the House of Lords on key issues pertaining to AI, food security, and the STEM job pipeline, among many others. Thank you to everyone involved!

Read the story in full: bit.ly/3wUajyM

📡How can the fabulous world of #UKAstronomy be turned to our commercial, economic & even wider societal benefit?

Join us Weds 0930 w/ UK Astronomy Technology Centre The Open University QMC Instruments Airbus In The UK Goonhilly (GES Ltd) 📡

ℹ📺committees.parliament.uk/event/20921/fo…

Greg Clark

Many #insect species & even whole groups - some of them vital for UK #FoodSecurity - are excluded.

The UK's National Action Plan for #Sustainable #Pesticide Use has been delayed by SIX YEARS

Defra UK

Read #SITC 's report today 🐞🌻🌽🐛🦋🦟🐜🐝🌾👇🏾committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/…

🌽🐞It's integral to UK #foodsecurity that GOV.UK uses its position to advocate and address #insect decline & food production issues at a global level

Today's #SITC report calls for sustainable #pesticide alts to be developed at 'commercial scale'
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🌽In the UK 70% of land is #farmed :
it is #agricultural practices that have the major influence on our insect populations

#Pesticides can have off-target effects on beneficial insects & this impact remains little understood

Read today's #SITC report📰👇🏾
committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/…

🌻Our report this morning calls for “effective and sustainable #crop protection strategies to be demonstrated at commercial scale”
& for🔼Government action on #pesticide alternatives 🌽

🐝🐞🐜🦟🦋🐛
#insects
#FoodSecurity

👓📖👉🏾committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

In January #SITC MPs went to CERN, one of the world's largest and most respected particle #physics labs, home to the Large Hadron Collider

Join us, Sir David King, UK Research and Innovation & more on Weds 0930 as we explore the UK's role there

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Greg Clark #CERN