Speaking in the Prime Minister’s Questions, George Freeman celebrates President John F Kennedy's launch of the Apollo moonshot programme sixty years ago and salutes our pioneering astronauts Helen Sharman and Tim Peake and calls for Brexit to be the UK’s “Moonshot moment” to unleash UK science and innovation to tackle global challenges.
George Freeman welcomes the priority given by the Government to tackling climate change and highlights the important role to be played by innovation, science and good business to develop the new technologies needed.
George Freeman calls on MPs to respect the referendum result to end the ongoing crisis and says local councillors should not be punished for Brexit chaos that they haven’t caused, and asks the PM what message she has for them facing angry voters on May 2nd?
George Freeman welcomes the Government’s extra help for low paid workers, but urges the Treasury to use the Comprehensive Spending Review to incentive public sector innovation and enterprise to support efficiency and UK leadership and economic growth in innovation.
George Freeman leads a Parliamentary debate on the importance of listening to local communities when planning the connectivity and substations needed to support offshore wind farms. He calls for a proper connection plan instead of the chaotic free for all that results in major cables and substations being brought onshore, with consequent major environmental and planning implications.
On Commonwealth Day, George Freeman pays tribute to scientists and researchers in the Commonwealth and calls for the establishment of a Commonwealth genomics programme to achieve scale and global leadership in genetic research.
Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, George Freeman says Parliament must respect the EU referendum vote to leave the political union, and calls on the PM to consider replacing the backstop with membership of EFTA to deliver a Brexit that most voters would support.
Following the Prime Minister’s statement to the House of Commons on the Government’s work to secure a withdrawal agreement that Parliament will approve, George Freeman calls on MPs to back the deal but in the event that it is rejected calls on the Government to look at EFTA as a solution.