r=11410&c=2071757The Cabinet Secretary said: “Business expenditure in research and development exceeded £1 billion for the first time in 2016, and it is up almost 70 per cent in real terms since 2007”.2Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee 22 May 2018 [Draft], The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work (Keith Brown), contrib. 3, <a href="h...