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Harrogate MP visits supercollider in Switzerland

Tuesday, 11 March 2025 07:52

Tom Gordon MP visited the CERN supercollider in Switzerland.

Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon has flown to Switzerland to visit the CERN supercollider.

As a member of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, Tom works in Parliament to help encourage investment and support for Science, Innovation and Technology.

The visit to CERN was part of the Committee’s work, and was aimed at helping Committee members to better understand how the CERN Large Hadron Collider in Geneva works, and its importance for research.

Tom was elected to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee last year, soon after his election to Parliament.

The Committee exists to examine the work of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

It recently launched a new investigation into Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms as part of its work, and Tom has taken part in questioning experts from that field.

Tom said:

“I’m very honoured to have been able to visit CERN at Geneva.

"It’s a very innovative place, and it was great to learn more about what they do that will inform my work as part of the SIT Committee.

"They have pioneered research and development in so many different areas.

“It was also great to meet the new director general at CERN, who is British, and shows that there is a clear vote of confidence in the UK."

He added:

"We must continue to lead on the world stage, and that means continued investment in science and future scientists through our education system.

“I will be pushing for the Government to do more to fund scientific research and education, to make sure that Britain continues to be at the forefront of this area.”

The Collider primarily studies particle physics, but has much broader benefits and effects.

The World Wide Web was born at CERN, and there are countless medical applications for the technologies that have been invented at the site, including for cancer treatments.

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