An issue that is of high importance to all involved in the science and research world - forwarded on behalf of David McDaid for information. 

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Sent: 06 July 2016 10:32
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Subject: NEW INQUIRY: Leaving the EU: implications and opportunities for science and research

List members may wish to make submissions to this inquiry given the importance of EU research funding to public health research in the UK

House of Commons 
Science and Technology Committee 
 
Immediate release: 29 June 2016
 
NEW INQUIRY: Leaving the EU: implications and opportunities for science and research
 
The Science and Technology Committee has decided to examine the implications and opportunities of leaving the EU for science and research. The Committee intends to hold hearings on this inquiry during July, and invites written submissions during that period, which might address the following issues: 
•     What the effect of the various models available for the UK’s future relationship with the EU will be on UK science and research, in terms of:
o        Collaboration
o        Free movement of researchers and students;
o        Access to funding
o        Access to EU-funded research facilities, both in the UK and abroad
o        Intellectual property and commercialisation of research
•     What the science and research priorities for the UK Government should be in negotiating a new relationship with the EU.
•     What science and technology-related legislation, regulations and projects will need to be reviewed in the run up to the UK leaving the EU.
•     The status of researchers, scientists and students working and studying in the UK when the UK leaves the EU, and what protections should be put in place for them.
•     The opportunities that the UK’s exit presents for research collaboration and market access with non-EU countries, and how these might compare with existing EU arrangements.
•     What other measures the Government should undertake to keep UK science and research on a sound footing, with sufficient funding, after an EU exit.
 
Submitting written evidence
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b) have numbered paragraphs 
b) include a declaration of interests.
 
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•           Material already published elsewhere should not form the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within a proposed memorandum, in which case a hard copy of the published work should be included.
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Further Information:
www.parliament.uk/science 
 
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Inquiry page: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/leaving-the-eu-inquiry-16-17/
 
Committee Membership: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/membership/
 
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