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.

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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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