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date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	BGI Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the US Department of Commerce adding BGI Tech Solutions (Hong Kong) to its export blacklist, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of this company being awarded contracts by UK universities on national security; and whether her Department has provided guidance to universities with research partnerships with organisations deemed by the UK's allies to pose a significant threat to (a) national security and (b) human rights.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	171382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting UK businesses and academia to engage with any and all international collaborations that includes BGI in a way that reflects the UK’s values and takes account of national security concerns. We proactively engage with business and academia to make them aware of national security risks, including through the RCAT programme which supports universities with risk assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the academic sector to make informed decisions on international research collaboration through the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpni.gov.uk%2Ftrusted-research-guidance-academia&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSion.Griffiths%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc02ce4ca43e0498947ae08d9b4d994a3%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637739668855514856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ocSfVJKa%2BiEAqzDFTM6bC3w9DcjWyLnhI2myeyzYcmU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Trusted Research</a> campaign and supported Universities UK to develop guidelines, published in October 2020, to help universities tackle security risks related to international collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the new UK Biological Security Strategy, which is due for publication in the coming months, the Government is currently undertaking a full programme of work to assess how we can minimise the risks from biological data to protect our burgeoning bioeconomy, shape global norms and standards, without stifling innovation, and build confidence in sharing personal data to improve health outcomes in the UK and across the world.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/03/2023 15:26:09 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1606260

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	BGI Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State on BGI Group in the debate on Genomics and National Security on 8 March 2023, Official Report, column 120WH, whether he plans to provide guidance to (a) business and (b) universities that have formed research partnerships with BGI Group on the potential risks of working with that company.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	171385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting UK businesses and academia to engage with any and all international collaborations that includes BGI in a way that reflects the UK’s values and takes account of national security concerns. We proactively engage with business and academia to make them aware of national security risks, including through the RCAT programme which supports universities with risk assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the academic sector to make informed decisions on international research collaboration through the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpni.gov.uk%2Ftrusted-research-guidance-academia&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSion.Griffiths%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc02ce4ca43e0498947ae08d9b4d994a3%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637739668855514856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ocSfVJKa%2BiEAqzDFTM6bC3w9DcjWyLnhI2myeyzYcmU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Trusted Research</a> campaign and supported Universities UK to develop guidelines, published in October 2020, to help universities tackle security risks related to international collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the new UK Biological Security Strategy, which is due for publication in the coming months, the government is currently undertaking a full programme of work to assess how we can minimise the risks from biological data to protect our burgeoning bioeconomy, shape global norms and standards, without stifling innovation, and build confidence in sharing personal data to improve health outcomes in the UK and across the world.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/03/2023 15:25:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith