§ Mr. BatisteTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about progress in the review of Government policy on civil space. [34426]
§ Mr. Ian TaylorI will be hosting the second space policy forum on 25 June at Queen Mary and Westfield College London. At the forum, the UK space community will consider a draft forward plan on space, which I have prepared, and copies of which I have today placed in the Library of the House.
I am also pleased to announce that additional UK Government funding is being provided for three European Space Agency programmes, namely £3.6 million for satellite navigation and £1.5 million for applications, both of these within the advanced research in telecommunications systems programme, and £2 million for the general support technology programme.