This week, Dr James Richardson took over as the acting Dr James Richardson.

James has been the Climate Change Committee Chief Analyst for almost a year, and in that time has done a fantastic job. The Committee and I are very grateful to him and look forward to continuing to work closely together.

Our evidence sessions on Long-duration Energy Storage and Engineering Biology - biosecurity are about to start at 10.15am - you can watch them live here:

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Tomorrow, at 10:15am, we take evidence on two inquiries!

Long-duration energy storage:
Adam Bell and David Joffe

Engineering Biology; biosecurity
Joyce Tait Innogen Institute
Sophie Rose The Centre for Long-Term Resilience
Piers Millett IBBIS

Watch it here:
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I’m looking forward to hearing Adam’s views at close quarters tomorrow, and adding some of my own…

Tomorrow, Tuesday 30 April, Lords International Relations & Defence Committee hears from Foreign Secretary, David Cameron.

🔽 Watch live on X from 3pm
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There's still time to submit evidence to our inquiry on Engineering Biology - our Call for Evidence closes on 7 May.

This is your opportunity to help shape the inquiry - submit below:

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Tomorrow, at 10:15am, we take evidence on two inquiries!

Long-duration energy storage:
Adam Bell and David Joffe

Engineering Biology; biosecurity
Joyce Tait Innogen Institute
Sophie Rose The Centre for Long-Term Resilience
Piers Millett IBBIS

Watch it here:
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/ef…

🤔 What changes are needed to ensure the skills and training system is ready for the future?

We have published a call for evidence for our inquiry into the skills needed for the future of the UK economy.

If you have views, get in touch here 📢 committees.parliament.uk/committee/517/…

📢 On Friday we debated our report on the impact of #environmentalregs on development

📅 Watch it here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c1…

As part of our wider work on the use of psychedelics to treat mental health conditions, our new rapid response looks at treatments for eating disorders.

Read our overview of existing treatments and research into psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: post.parliament.uk/psychedelic-dr…

Important we all keep highlighting this issue and calling for the needed action to address the crisis. Thanks Lords Science & Technology Committee for continuing to do so!

New data published by MSC shows a continuing, and concerning, decline in clinical academics. At the start of 2023, we published our letter to the Government sounding the alarm about this issue.

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Letter: committees.parliament.uk/publications/3…

Martin Turner, BioIndustry Association (BIA), gave evidence at the Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry into 🌱 #EngineeringBiology .

Accompanied by member companies 👏 IBioIC, Extracellular and Oxford Nanopore, Martin gave evidence on the opportunities & challenges faced by the sector 🔻

What is the potential role for psychedelic-assisted therapy in treating PTSD?

In our new rapid response on the use of psychedelics to treat mental health conditions, we look at research evidence for their effectiveness in treating PTSD. Find out more: post.parliament.uk/psychedelic-dr…

You can watch our evidence session, with industry witnesses from the engineering biology sector, live here:

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You can watch this session live this morning:

Last week, POST fellows met MPs and Peers from the POST Board to discuss parliamentary research projects. New projects will be announced next week.

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Peers launch inquiry into UK’s future skills needs: Short inquiry will hear evidence from former ministers Robert Halfon and Charles Clarke. (£) Lords Industry and Regulators Committee

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Tomorrow morning, at 10.15am, we hear from industry witnesses in engineering biology.

Panel 1:
Will Milligan, CEO, Extracellular
Jim Ajioka, CSO, Colorifix
Rosemary Dokos, SVP, Oxford Nanopore

2:
Mark Bustard, CEO, IBioIC
Martin Turner, BioIndustry Association (BIA)

Watch:
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❓ Is the training system capable of delivering skills for the future?

Next week, we will begin our inquiry into skills for the future by hearing from former ministers and advisers.

Read more 👇 committees.parliament.uk/event/21274/fo…