2. As Minister for Life Science, after a 15yr career in tech start-ups, I’ve long called for better regulation for UK innovation. That’s why I led the #FreshStart Report in 2014 warning the EU that its bioscience regs risked consigning us to the slow lane. @andrealeadsom
3. Setting regulatory standards is key to global leadership in tech, R&D, finance & investment. And agile digital regulation is itself becoming a new sector the UK can lead. @nesta_uk@Policy_Exchange@Simon_Nixon@fttechnews
5. So…there is a huge opportunity for the UK to take our departure from the EU regulatory framework as a moment to lead in 21stC tech. Far from being a race to the bottom, it’s actually a race to the top. @instituteforgov@InstituteGC@iainmartin1
6. That’s why I was so delighted when the PM rang me at Xmas and asked me to help lead the Taskforce for Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR) with Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Theresa Villiers. @10DowningStreet@BorisJohnson
7. Regulation is key to competitiveness. Our #TIGRR Report published this week sets out a new:
- UK regulatory framework
- Duty for regulators
- “Proportionality principle”
- 10 key high-growth sector plan for UK leadership. @innovateuk@KwasiKwarteng@DavidGHFrost@RishiSunak
11. Clinical trials: we should do better than the EU Clinical Trials Directive with a new UK framework based on UK leadership in innovative trials design, patient recruitment and translational medicine protocols.@MHRAgovuk@The_MRC@NIHRIO@AccelAccess@JimBethell@CommonsHealth
12. Digital health: a regulatory framework based on mandatory interoperability standards, NHS take-up of digital apps for disease prevention, portable electronic patient records (EPRs) and digitalisation of NHS systems. @NHSX@NHSDigital@MattHancock@GPatHand@LifeScienceAPPG
14. Transport is being transformed by innovation from autonomous vehicles to drones, electric aircraft, e-scooters, hydrogen & velocopters. The UK can be a global leader through place-based testbeds for agile regulation. @grantshapps@ConnectedCities@SMLL_London@redditchrachel
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What are the key policy goals that define the #ScienceSuperpower & #InnovationNation missions, and what are the key reforms needed to deliver them?
What should be the UK's global science strategy beyond Horizon Europe?
Our commitment to the GLOBAL role & impact of UK STRI.
A global leader & convener, whether in Horizon or not, on the big global challenges
🌦️Climate change
🧬Biosecurity
💉Post-pandemic resilience
⛴️Polar research
🛰️Clean space
🚜AgriTech
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Back to work for a crucial year for UK Science, Research & Innovation & my core Missions:
🌏 ScienceSuperpower🧑🏽🔬
💥Innovation Nation👷🏼
Here are some of the Priorities in the NewYear in-tray:
1. Horizon: continue to push for UK association, alongside a bold GlobalBritain PlanB
2. Research Ecosystem: implementing the Nurse, Grant & Tickell Reviews of the UK Research landscape to
- improve career paths
- reduce bureaucracy
- accelerate decision-making
- boost UK global strengths in attracting top talent in
science🧬 & innovation💥
3. Oversee establishment of the new UK Advanced Research & Innovation Agency (ARIA) as the UK’s “Science Satellite” to ensure the UK stays on the frontline of exploring new ways of doing new science: