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Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 12:12 pm on 23 March 2010.

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Photo of Evan Harris Evan Harris Shadow Science Minister 12:12, 23 March 2010

I am pleased that the Minister mentioned Save British Science-now the Campaign for Science and Engineering. We should pay tribute to its work. It was set up in my constituency in 1986 to save British science because the level of funding of science in 1986 was such that science needed saving. Does he accept that the level of funding-not just gross domestic product share, but in real terms-is now the same as it was in 1986? It has increased, but it has increased only back up to 1986 levels, when Save British Science was created to save British science from that level of funding.