Welcome from Dame Eleanor Laing MP | Links Day 2020 | Royal Society of Biology

Rt Hon Dame Eleanor Laing MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons issues key opening remarks to begin this year's virtual Parliamentary Links Day.

Parliamentary Links Day is the largest science event on the annual Parliamentary events calendar. It is organised by the Royal Society of Biology on behalf of the science and engineering community to strengthen dialogue with Parliament, and to provide MPs with a more rounded understanding of the scientific issues we face.

Schedule:

Parliamentary welcome
Rt Hon Dame Eleanor Laing MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons

Keynote Speakers
Amanda Solloway MP, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation
Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Chair of the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee
Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser

Panellists
Professor Dame Anne Glover, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, Royal Society
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, Council for Science and Technology
Sir David Spiegelhalter, Cambridge University

This event is co-sponsored by Stephen Metcalfe MP, Chi Onwurah MP, Carol Monaghan MP and Layla Moran MP.

Parliamentary Links Day is supported by a wide range of societies and organisations:
Biochemical Society, British Ecological Society, British Pharmacological Society, British Society for Immunology, Council of Mathematical Sciences, Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Society for Applied Microbiology, Society for Experimental Biology, The Genetics Society, The Geological Society, The Nutrition Society and The Physiological Society.

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