28. Science & Technology
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 39 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended |
|
Michael Clark, Dr (Chairman) | 33 |
David Atkinson, Mr | 21 |
Nigel Beard, Mr | 37 |
Claire Curtis-Thomas, Mrs | 14 |
Ian Gibson, Dr | 37 |
Lynne Jones, Dr | 35 |
Nigel Jones, Mr | 30 |
Ashok Kumar, Dr | 33 |
Jacqui Lait, Mrs (added, 22.6.98) | 7 |
Caroline Spelman, Mrs (discharged, 22.6.98) | 21 |
Desmond Turner, Dr | 34 |
Alan W Williams, Dr | 33 |
|
Overall attendance: 78.1 %
Number of Members added: 1
Number of Members discharged: 1
Turnover of membership during the Session: 9
%
Staff
Committee Clerk: Mrs J Mulley
Other Committee staff: Dr G Rickett, Specialist Assistant,
Grade 8 (from October 1998); Mrs L M Nugent, Higher Executive
Officer, Grade 10; Ms C Wilson, Secretary, Grade 13 (until 3 July
1998); Mrs J Kalogerides, Secretary, Grade 13 (from 1 October
1998).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Roger Baker, Professor Michael Brady, Professor
Derek Burke, Professor Brian Clarkson, Dr Michael Elves, Mr John
Ivinson, Sir David Harrison and Dr Geoffrey Robinson.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:-
Cabinet Ministers: 1
Other Ministers: 5 (of whom 2 were Members of
the House of Lords)
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives
of:-
The Office of Science and Technology: 7
other departments: 5
comprising:- Department for Education and Employment 2
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1
Department of Trade and Industry 2
executive agencies: 2
comprising:- Defence Evaluation and Research
Agency (an agency of the Ministry of Defence) 2
non-departmental public bodies: 14
comprising:- The Medical Research Council 2
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 1
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 4
Health & Safety Executive (a Department of the
Environment, Transport and the Regions associated public body) 2
Higher Education Funding Council for England (a Department
for Education and Employment associated public body) 3
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (a Welsh
Office associated public body) 2
Appearances by other witnesses: 81
Overseas Visits
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
22-27.6.98 |
USA
|
6
|
2
|
Scientific Advisory System, Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation
|
£38,445
(estimate)
|
1-3.6.98 |
Portugal
|
3*
|
-
|
9th Eureka Conference
|
£3,405
|
* In a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and
Strasbourg
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
22.7.98 |
European Commission, Brussels
|
8
|
2
|
Meetings with European Commission Officials
|
£3,415.26
(estimate)
|
UK Visits
Date
|
Destination
|
Members
|
Staff
|
Purpose
|
Cost
|
22.5.98 |
Cambridge
|
7
|
3
|
Evidence from the Generics Group
|
£310.40
|
10.6.98 |
Oxford
|
3
|
3*
|
Oxford Trust and Oxford Instruments
|
£228
|
* Includes 1 specialist adviser.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1997-98)
|
Date of
publication
|
No. of
pages
|
Sale price
|
Government
reply
|
First Report: The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Research
|
303-I
|
2.4.98
|
55
|
£9.70
|
Received 12.6.98:
published as Third Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Research
|
303-II
|
2.4.98
|
334
|
£20.50
|
Not applicable
|
Second Report: The Year 2000 - Computer Compliance
|
342-I
|
7.4.98
|
42
|
£8.80
|
Cm 3944, 20.7.98
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: The Year 2000 - Computer Compliance
|
342-II
|
7.4.98
|
247
|
£20.50
|
Not applicable |
Third Report: Glaxo Wellcome and Smithkline Beecham: The Merger Proposals
|
627
|
16.6.98
|
46
|
£8.80
|
Not required |
Fourth Report: The Cloning of Animal from Adult Cells
|
1039
|
4.8.98
|
11
|
£3.70
|
Not required |
Fifth Report: British Biotech
|
888-I
|
17.8.98
|
12
|
£3.70
|
Reply awaited |
Fifth Report: British Biotech: Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
|
888-II
|
13.10.98
|
13
|
£4.30
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: British Biotech
|
888-i
|
14.9.98
|
148
|
£17.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: British Biotech
|
888-ii
|
14.9.98
|
173
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: British Biotech
|
888-iii
|
14.9.98
|
197
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
First Special Report: The Government's Response to the Committee's Fourth Report, Session 1996-97, The Research Council System: Issues for the Future
|
302
|
11.12.97
|
3
|
£1.45
|
Not required |
Second Special Report: The Government's Response to the Committee's Third Report, Session 1996-97, The Natural Environment Research Council and Research into Climate Change
|
306
|
11.12.97
|
7
|
£2.25
|
Not required |
Third Special Report: The Government's Response to the Committee's First Report, Session 1997-98, The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Research
|
799
|
30.6.97
|
12
|
£3.40
|
Not required |
Minutes of Evidence: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation
|
626-i
|
1.5.98
|
17
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation
|
626-ii
|
5.6.98
|
29
|
£4.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation
|
626-iii
|
8.6.98
|
47
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation
|
626-iv
|
26.6.98
|
74
|
£6.20
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation
|
626-v
|
3.7.98
|
85
|
£4.00
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation
|
626-vi
|
13.7.98
|
95
|
£3.40
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Scientific Advisory System
|
796-i
|
31.7.98
|
47
|
£9.70
|
Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Science and the Comprehensive Spending Review
|
1040-i
|
13.10.98
|
14
|
£4.00
|
Not applicable |
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
First Report, 1997-98, The Implications of the Dearing Report
for the Structure and Funding of University Research, was the
subject of debate on an Estimates Day, under Standing Order No.
54, 14.7.98
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 27 of the Committee's 39 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private. The Committee received 280 memoranda, of which 18
came from Government departments, 1 from an executive agency and
19 from associated public bodies. The Committee published 159
memoranda.
Inquiry |
No. of oral evidence sessions
|
No. of memoranda received
|
No. of memoranda received from Government departments
/executive agencies/
associated public bodies
|
No. of memoranda published
|
No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
|
The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Research
|
6
|
52
|
4/0/15
|
51
|
21
|
The Year 2000 - Computer Compliance
|
6
|
82
|
6/0/2
|
72
|
16
|
Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation
|
7
|
69
|
3/1/2
|
9
|
0
|
Glaxo Wellcome and Smithkline Beecham: the Merger Proposals
|
2
|
6
|
0/0/0
|
6
|
6
|
Scientific Advisory System
|
1
|
43
|
1/0/0
|
1
|
0
|
The Cloning of Animals from Adult Cells
|
0
|
1
|
1/0/0
|
1
|
|
British Biotech |
3 |
21 |
0/0/0
|
16
|
|
Science and the Comprehensive Spending Review
|
2
|
3
|
2/0/0
|
3
|
|
Other |
|
3
|
1/0/0
|
|
|
Total |
27
|
280
|
18/1/19
|
159
|
43
|
|