Following the excellent settlement for the overall Research Base announced at the Comprehensive Spending Review, we are all now busy setting down the next draft of our so-called Delivery Plan, so this week’s blog will be comparatively short. One day last week involved a meeting with George Freeman, MP for mid-Norfolk and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, as well as a reception (with all the Research Councils) for members of the new Parliament with an interest in Science and Technology, hosted by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.

Biologics are a significant part of our portfolio, and I attended a reception hosted by UCB who focus on their development in both the UK and Belgium. [...]