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	registered interest
	date	13/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Horizon 2020
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will prioritise maintaining access to Horizon 2020 funding for researchers in forthcoming negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	59940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the best possible outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.<br><br>As the Prime Minister has said, we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. We have been clear that we want to create an environment in which the UK as a whole can continue to be a world leader in research, science and the tertiary education sector more broadly.<br><br>UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Treasury will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.<br><br>Whatever happens in the future, the Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 23/01/2017 16:32:55 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

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	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what progress his Department has made in securing a reciprocal agreement with the EU that guarantees existing rights of (a) EU nationals in the UK and (b) UK nationals in the EU after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	71429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that we should always put citizens first. This was reflected in the Prime Minister’s letter to the President of the European Council confirming the Government’s decision to invoke Article 50. We want to strike an early agreement about the rights of EU nationals in the UK and UK nationals in the EU and we would have been happy to do so in advance of negotiations. We will look to prioritise these issues as soon as negotiations begin.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 27/04/2017 09:18:41 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner