There are a couple of things about the coherence or coordination between the economic strategy and the science and technology strategy. We know how important manufacturing is to business sector R and D. It performs well over half of business sector R and D. When the economic strategy results in 350,000 jobs lost since 2002 and a wholesale shift in real output and employment to low-productivity services and away from manufacturing, you have a bit of a disconnect between the economic strategy and the science and technology strategy, which is about fostering, encouraging, advancing research and development that's going to result in productivity gains in the economy as well.
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