Mentions of Oxford and Oxbridge in
Parliament
Date: June 2016
Evidence to Commons Committee: Professor Keep, apprenticeships
Evidence to Commons Committee: Professor Mustapha, DfID programme in Nigeria
Evidence to Commons Committee: Professor Devereux, UK tax and tax base.
Commons adjournment debate: Mention of Oxford research on importance of pubs.
Commons
Research
Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee - KCL, UCL, University of
Warwick, Oxford University - Apprenticeships
Wed, 8 June 2016 | DeHavilland Report - Parliamentary Committee
SUMMARY
The Committee heard from Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector
Management, King’s College London, Professor Alison Fuller, Professor of Vocational Education and
Work, University College London Institute of Education, Dr Lynn Gambin, Senior Research Fellow,
University of Warwick Institute for Employment Research, and Professor Ewart Keep, Professor of
Education, Training and Skills, Oxford University.
International Development Committee - Prof Abdul Raudu Mustapha, Prof Caroline
Varin, Prof Abiodun Alao - DfID's programme in Nigeria
Tue, 7 June 2016 | DeHavilland Report - Parliamentary Committee
SUMMARY
The Committee heard from Professor Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Associate Professor of African Politics,
University of Oxford, Dr Caroline Varin, Lecturer in Security and International Organisations,
Regent’s University London, and Professor Abiodun Alao, Professor of African Studies, King’s
College London, gave evidence.
CONTENTS
Witnesses: Professor Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Associate Professor of African Politics, University of
Oxford, Dr Caroline Varin, Lecturer in Security and International Organisations, Regent’s University
London, and Professor Abiodun Alao, Professor of African Studies, King’s College London, gave
evidence.
Treasury Committee - Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, RELX
Group, Slaughter and May - Shifting Sands: An Inquiry into UK tax policy and the
tax base
Tue, 14 June 2016
The Committee heard from Michael Devereux, Director of the Oxford University Centre for Business
Taxation, Paul Morton, Head of Group Tax, RELX Group, and Steve Edge, Tax Partner, Slaughter and
May
Witnesses: Michael Devereux, Director of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, Paul
Morton, Head of Group Tax, RELX Group, and Steve Edge, Tax Partner, Slaughter and May, gave
evidence..
Science and Technology Committee - UCL, Deloitte, University of Oxford, Innovate
UK - Robotics and artificial intelligence
Tue, 28 June 2016
Witnesses: Professor Rose Luckin, Chair of Learning with Digital Technologies, UCL Institute of
Education, University College London, Angus Knowles-Cutler, Vice Chairman and London Office
Senior Partner, Deloitte, Dr Michael Osborne, Dyson Associate Professor in Machine Learning,
University of Oxford, and Paul Mason, Director of Emerging and Enabling Technologies, Innovate
UK, gave evidence.
MPs debate guidelines on alcohol consumption
Tue, 28 June 2016 | Debate - Adjournment and General
Byron Davies
If the right hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I really need to move on.
To quote a no less august body than the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the United
States:
“More than 100 prospective studies show an inverse association between moderate drinking and risk
of heart attack, ischemic (clot-caused) stroke, peripheral vascular disease, sudden cardiac death, and
death from all cardiovascular causes. The effect is fairly consistent, corresponding to a 25 percent to
40 percent reduction in risk.”……….
………….The Oxford University and CAMRA-instigated report, “Friends on Tap” acknowledges the
benefits of pubs to wellbeing. By telling people there is no safe level of drinking, we could be denying
millions the positive social effects of going to the pub and the positive effects on the community. The
results from the pub surveys suggest that people who go to small community pubs have more close
friends and feel that their communities are better integrated. Indeed, small community pubs are now
vital in supporting community services.
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