To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 3 March, ref. 99985, if she will list the official visits to (a) companies, (b) universities and (c) organisations by (i) the Minister for Science and (ii) the Chief Scientific Adviser in the last six months. [101709]
My noble Friend the Minister for Science, regularly meets representatives from various companies and institutions at his office in the Department of Trade and Industry and at other neutral venues, for example conference centres. We have defined the term 'visit' to mean an occasion when the event was hosted, wholly or in part, by the organisation at whose venue the event was held. This could mean that the Minister met at least one representative from the host organisation as part of the visit even if the actual event was for a different purpose.For example:
10 September: University of Leicester (British Association Science Festival)—Leicester
In the last six months, the Minister for Science has visited the following:
Companies:
- 11 September: TAG McLaren Group—Woking, Surrey
- 13 September: Micro Chemicals Systems Ltd.—Hull
- 13 September: Reckitt Beckinser Healthcare Ltd.—Shine Knowledge and Innovation Park—Hull
- 13 September: Europarc Innovation Centre—Hull
- 19 September: Airbus UK—Filton, Bristol
- 26 September: Peakdale Molecular Ltd.—Peakdale Science Park, High Peak
- 16 October: Kent Innovation Centre—Broadstairs, Kent
- 22 October: Panda Electronics Group—Nanjing, China
- 28 October: SK Telecom—Seoul, South Korea
- 8 November: Inmarsat Ltd.—London EC1
- 22 November: COM DEV Europe Ltd.—Triangle Business Park, Aylesbury, Bucks
- 23 January: Manchester Incubator Ltd.—Manchester Innovation Ltd.—Manchester
- 23 January: Renovo Ltd.—Manchester
- 23 January: Kaiku Ltd.—Manchester Science Park
Universities:
- 6 September: City University (International Spinal Research Trust's Conference)—London EC I
- 10 September: University of Leicester (British Association Science Festival)—Leicester
- 18 September: Imperial College (AURIL Conference)—South Kensington, London
- 7 October: University of Surrey—Advanced Technology Institute and Centre for Vision—Guildford, Surrey
- 10 October: Queen Mary College, University of London—Medical Engineering Laboratories—London, El
- 23 October: Nanjing South East University—China
- 23 October: Nanjing University—China
- 20 November: University of Cambridge—Cambridge
- 8 January: University of Surrey (Higher Education Working with Business and the
- Community Conference)—Guildford, Surrey
- 13 January: Institute of Education, University of London—London, WC1
- 16 January: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine—London, WC1
- 7 February: Cranfield University—Cranfield Innovation Centre—Cranfield, Bedfordshire
- 12 February: University of Birmingham—School of Engineering—Birmingham
- 17 February: London Metropolitan University—London El and N7
- 26 February: University of Cambridge—Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics—Cambridge Science Park
Organisations:
- 6 September: Engineering and Techonlogy Board—London, WC2
- 9 September: Institute of Electrical Engineers—London, WC2
- 20 September: The British Library—London, NW I
Place
| Date
| Nature of visit
|
| Stockholm | 5–7 September 2002 | Speech—The Royal Institute of Technology: 175 year Jubilee |
| Rayne Institute, 5 University Street, London WC 1E 6JJ | 9 September 2002 | Speech—Biomedical Society |
| University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester | 12 September 2002 | Speech—BA Science Festival and tour |
| Royal Society | 24 September 2002 | Lunch meeting with Lord May |
| Washington DC, Boston, USA | 3–8 October 2002 | Speech; "Science in the UK Government—A View from the Centre", meet with key science figures in washington |
| University of Sussex | 9 October 2002 | Speech—"The Marie Jahoda lecture" at SPRU |
| Imperial College London | 28 October 2002 | Speech—Graduate School at Imperial College—"Science in the UK today" |
| Unilever House, London | 27 November 2002 | Chairman's annual reception, Unilever |
| South Africa | 3–8 December 2002 | Speech— "Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference", S&T promotion |
| Royal Society, London | 9 January 2003 | Breakfast meeting with Lord May |
| Cambridge | 6 February 2003 | Tour of the British Antarctic Survey |
| London | 10 February 2003 | IEE board of Trustees' dinner |
| Linacre College, Oxford | 13 February 2003 | Speech—"Linacre lecture" |
| Federation House, London | 18 February 2003 | Speech—and dinner at the Food Association |
| Belfast and Dublin | 19–20 February 2003 | Speech—"Science at a Nation's Core: A View From The Centre of Government" |
| Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Washington DC, USA | 23–27 February 2003 | Speech, meeting government officials, promoting UK S&T and visiting major research facilities |
| Brussels, Belgium | 4–5 March 2003 | Speech: "Fusion and the Energy Choices" for Europe Conference at the European Parliament, meeting the European Research Commissioner |
- 24 September: Darwin Centre—Natural History Museum, London, SW7
- 25 September: The Carbon Trust—London, WC2
- 4 October—The Ministry for Young People, Education and Research, with Mme Haignere, Minister for Space, Technology and Research—Paris, France
- 14 October: Universities UK—London, WC1
- 22 October: Jiangsu Software Park—Nanjing, China
- 29 October: Korea Games Development Institute—Seoul, South Korea
- 29 October: Seoul Metropolitan City Government—Seoul, South Korea
- 31 October: The Royal Society (The Ninth Zuckerman Lecture)—London, SW1
- 5 November: The British Bankers Association—London, EC1
- 7 November: The Royal Society (Content Management Network Meeting)—London, SW1
- 13 November—The Royal Aeronautical Society—London NW1
- 20 November: Medical Research Council: Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit—Cambridge
- 29 November: Culham Science Centre—Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- 13 December: Daresbury Laboratory—Daresbury, Cheshire
- 17 January: Nature Magazine—Exterior of founding Editor's house, London, SW5
- 27 January: The Royal Society/The Daily Telegraph/Novartis `Scientists meet the media' reception at The Royal Society—London, SW1
- 11 February: Institute of Electrical Engineers—London, WC2
- 14 February: Institute of Electrical Engineers—London, WC2
- 21 February: The Royal Society (The Engineer of the 21" Century Inquiry launch)—London, SW1
- 26 February: The Royal Society (Athena Awards)—London, SW1
The visits undertaken by Professor Sir David King during the period 5 September 2002 to 5 March 2003 were:
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 3 March, if she will list the official visits to (a) companies, (b) universities and (c) organisations by (i) the Minister for Science and (ii) the Chief Scientific Adviser in each of the last three months. [102996]
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him today to question No. 101709.