Kanishka Narayan

Kanishka Narayan

Labour — Vale of Glamorgan

Speaking in the House of Commons on 22 October 2025

Debate

Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund

Contribution

I want to be in your good books, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I will proceed at pace in answering some of the questions raised. I first thank the Members on the shadow Front Benches and in particular the hon. Member for Hornchurch and Upminster (Julia Lopez). I was sad that her generous welcome to me was not extended to this particular announcement. In particular, I was sad that she did not welcome the fact that out of their Tory fiscal wreckage we have managed to get £520 million for the British life sciences sector, that out of the economic damage they did to this country we have still managed to secure over £1 billion in investment from Moderna in the British life sciences sector, and that out of what we inherited from the Tory context we have managed to secure over £1 billion from BioNTech. Right across the board, there is a picture of stability, good jobs in the life sciences and broader technology sectors, optimism and, above all, an energy shared across Government, the private sector and academia.

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