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My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, as I tried—and failed—to get this as a Topical Question when the award was first announced. Her timing is superb, as we know, because Malala received her award this morning. Perhaps the best way that we can recognise Malala’s astounding achievement, as a very courageous young woman with a wise head on her shoulders, is to invite her to address both Houses of Parliament. There is an honourable precedent for this: we have had previous Nobel Prize winners. Although the Nobel Peace Prize has had a somewhat chequered history, on this occasion they have got it absolutely right. She is a superb role model for young women and girls in this country, in a situation where many women, unfortunately, are being enticed to sacrifice their lives in rather foolish missions to become jihadist brides. She is a wonderful example. We could invite the UK Youth Parliament as well. I welcome the Minister’s response.
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Westminster as it happened: 14 January 2016
Space not just for 'the big boys'published at 12:28
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Philippa Whitford believes that the UK, has in the past shied away from investing in space travel, on the grounds that "space is for other people, the big boys - Russia, China, US but not us".
She wants Prestwick, on the south-west coast of Scotland to be considered as a venue for a spaceport pointing out that it already has a 3km runway, relatively empty air space and the clearest weather.
She tells MPs that the space industry is going to matter. "It is a real industry, a multi-billion pound industry," she says - and calls on the minister "to boldly go where no minister has gone before".