Aria bill gives new R&D agency 10 years to succeed or fail

But it also imposes government controls on direction and funding of ‘UK Arpa’

A bill for setting up the Advanced Research and Invention Agency has been introduced to parliament providing new detail on the secretive agency, including a minimum 10-year lifespan, but also ministerial control over its budget and direction.

Plans for the agency for high-risk, high-reward research—which is modelled on the US’s Advanced Research Projects Agency and previously known as ‘UK Arpa’—were introduced to parliament on 2 March.