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MartinMurphy asked John Denham: "Could you describe how a renaissance in British inventiveness could be brought about? And what barriers do we have to overcome?"
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Mar 31 2009 8:45:54 PM
markl981 asked John Denham: "The Minister has stated that the country needs a significant uplift in STEM qualified graduates and young researchers if it is to remain economically competitive. The US has recently increased funding..." Show more »"The Minister has stated that the country needs a significant uplift in STEM qualified graduates and young researchers if it is to remain economically competitive. The US has recently increased funding substantially in this area and is already attracting such people. At the same time UK's research councils are struggling from fEC underfunding and in the case of STFC are cutting funds for young post-doctoral researchers by 25%. Will DIUS follow the lead of the US and provide the funding to increase the number of young researchers or should these researchers and their Professors move now to the USA ?" Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: Education | Email to friends | Mar 31 2009 8:39:38 PM
allport asked John Denham: "Does the Minister agree with the Wakeham Review conclusions about the exceptional standing of UK research in particle physics and astronomy, its inspirational value in attracting students to read physics..." Show more »"Does the Minister agree with the Wakeham Review conclusions about the exceptional standing of UK research in particle physics and astronomy, its inspirational value in attracting students to read physics and related degrees at University, and the role of these disciplines in posing extreme technical challenges that can drive major technology breakthroughs? Given the strategy on science being followed in the US, should the UK not be increasing its support for such subjects, rather than imposing severe cuts which will only drive the brightest and best to seek better opportunities across the Atlantic?
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0 comment | Topic: Business | Email to friends | Mar 31 2009 8:38:40 PM
SiGreen asked John Denham: "The Prime Minister's Initiative, which aimed at near market dominance in higher education in the overseas market was enormously successful. Could we have something similar for Digital Media, Bio-Engineering..." Show more »"The Prime Minister's Initiative, which aimed at near market dominance in higher education in the overseas market was enormously successful. Could we have something similar for Digital Media, Bio-Engineering and some other industries where we are especially strong? I'm not talking about them being prioritised by UKTI- I mean A BIG, BIG, cross departmental drive." Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: Education | Email to friends | Mar 31 2009 8:37:37 PM
treepixie asked John Denham: "Does the Obama administration present a greater opportunity for American & English universities to work together on research that will help boost the economies of both countries? If so, what can we learn..." Show more »"
Does the Obama administration present a greater opportunity for American & English universities to work together on research that will help boost the economies of both countries? If so, what can we learn from each other...?
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0 comment | Topic: Education | Email to friends | Mar 31 2009 8:36:23 PM

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gittos73 is asking Gordon Brown: "Can you tell me why we are in the E.U, when all that happens is that it costs for us to be in it, as soon as another country joins they come straight over here to claim benefits because it is that easy,..." Show more »"Can you tell me why we are in the E.U, when all that happens is that it costs for us to be in it, as soon as another country joins they come straight over here to claim benefits because it is that easy, when an immigrant has there re-vue on if they can stay over here they get to have an appeal after appeal after appeal instead of just putting the illegal immigrants straight onto a plane and sending them back from which ever country they come from and the stopping them coming back in. Wouldn't it be better for us to be out of the E.U so our laws are our laws and not the E.U's laws. The government do not actually run this country but the E.U does.How much money could we save if we came out of the E.U and shut our borders thats the big question what this country could save from us running the country for us by us (the parliment) and not anyone else. Wouldn't our parents/grandparents be mad to say they died for this country to not to be rtaken over by Germany and they also died to help France not to be taken over by Germany and now Germany and France really run this country for there own GAINS.I am not racist has I come from a multi cultural family." Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Feb 10 2010 6:58:08 PM

gittos73 is asking Gordon Brown: "I have just 1 question for you the prime minister Mr Gordon Brown. I am a dissabled person age 36. I have a Capitol 1 visa card and within the space of around 3-6months they have put my interest rates..." Show more »"I have just 1 question for you the prime minister Mr Gordon Brown. I am a dissabled person age 36. I have a Capitol 1 visa card and within the space of around 3-6months they have put my interest rates from 19.9% to 29.9% and now to 39.9%. I always pay money on the card every month, do you think this is fair for them to change the interest on my account twice and by so much that it will take me alot longer to pay this account off due to this and for me and my son to live very basic just to make the payments. I only owe around £1200 and if i pay £100 per month I will only be paying £60 off the account. Why and how can they be let to do this to people to cripple how they live just to earn more profit to be able to pay bigger and more then likely secret bonuses to there employers. Can you please let me know why this is happening to so many people who can only just live at the moment
Concerned Mr Peter Gittos" Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: Banks | Email to friends | Feb 10 2010 6:38:34 PM

lynne189 is asking Gordon Brown: "I would like to know why the U.K do not have access to the Sex Offenders Register? I have a daughter i would like to know exactly who is living near us. These paracites lost their Human Rights the mintues..." Show more »"I would like to know why the U.K do not have access to the Sex Offenders Register?
I have a daughter i would like to know exactly who is living near us. These paracites lost their Human Rights the mintues they even thought about committing theses awful crimes. I want the RIGHT that i deserve to let my daughter go out to play with her friends.
By not letting us have access to this register the only people who are being punished are our children.
I do not want to even associate myself with these fools or mean them any ill harm i only want to protect my child the way the Americans protect theres. Megans Law is one of the best laws to ever be introduced. Why do we not have the same RIGHT?" Show less »
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0 comment | Topic: Local Issues | Email to friends | Dec 08 2009 4:31:28 PM

brett1230 on Lord Mandelson Interview: "Dear Lord Mandleson, Just a quick question why is it the Persident Ohbama can say no to any pay rises to all the US government bailed out companies and has even cut their pay but over in the goo old..." Show more »"Dear Lord Mandleson,

Just a quick question why is it the Persident Ohbama can say no to any pay rises to all the US government bailed out companies and has even cut their pay but over in the goo old laughable UK what do we do "have a big bonus " for being useless, these CEO's and associates should be striiped of any titles all assets and valuables and put in a council eatste flat in Peckham and lets hee how they feel.

If you dont take a hard line with these fools with now "MY" money they will walk all over you as i do not want my hard earned tax paying money paying to fill the decanters and payiing for the expensive jaunts of bankers, lets see how they survive on your generous unemployment benefit "wouldent even pay to fill the screen wash on the beltley".

In fact pay me £70k i will sort your ploblems out for you.

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0 comment | Topic: Banks | Email to friends | Oct 23 2009 8:54:47 PM

brett1230 is asking Gordon Brown : "Dear Prime Minister, With regards to immigration it seems the UK is filling up rapidly and the tax paters of the UK seem to foot the bill for the immigrants who: 1) Cannot work, 2) Generally cannot..." Show more »"Dear Prime Minister,

With regards to immigration it seems the UK is filling up rapidly and the tax paters of the UK seem to foot the bill for the immigrants who: 1) Cannot work, 2) Generally cannot speak the Queens english , 3) Only come here as he have a good hand out system.

My advise to you is employ someone like myself who would sort thsi out for you for a small salary of £75K a year with no perks, lets look at New Zealand a model country who before they let anyone in ask the following: 1) Do you have work here?, 2) How much money do you have to support yourself?, if you have none of these BYE BYE!!, whats wrong with that? perfectly ok to me you have Germany, France, Holland let them have some of the immigrants (NO FREE HANDOUTS).

To even have a chance of winning the next election you really have to clamp donwn on this, like i said i would greatfully advise you on immigration.

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0 comment | Topic: Multiculturalism | Email to friends | Oct 23 2009 8:47:35 PM