To be science minister is an extraordinary privilege for me. Indeed, so much is going on that it's not possible for me to cover every significant issue in science policy in this, my first major science speech, There are areas that we can only really advance once the comprehensive spending review has been concluded. I do believe in concentration on excellent research, and excellence is to be found in individual departments We have to be clear about the conditions in which excellence actually thrives and how much research funding we will be able to distribute.
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