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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 3 July 2002.


MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

WEDNESDAY 3 JULY 2002


Members present:


Dr Ian Gibson, in the Chair
Mr Tom HarrisMr Tony McWalter
Mr David HeathGeraldine Smith
Dr Brian IddonDr Desmond Turner



CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

DR JOHN SAWYER, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, MR MIKE AHERN, London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and DR CLARE BAMBRA, Department of Public Health, Liverpool University, examined.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-31

Examination of Witnesses

DR CLARE GOODESS, University of East Anglia, MR ROBERT PATTON, Imperial College and DR LIZ RUGG, Queen Mary, University of London, examined.

Question Numbers

32-39

40-59

60-66

Examination of Witnesses

DR EVA LINK, ex-UCL, DR MATT HILL, ex-Bradford and DR ROBERT BRADBURNE, John Innes Centre, Norwich, examined.

Question Numbers

67-79

80-90

Examination of Witnesses

MS SALLY HUNT, General Secretary and DR ALAN WILLIAMS, Manchester University and former Chair of AUT Contract Research Staff Committee, Association of University Teachers, MR TOM WILSON, Head of Universities Department and MR ANDREW PIKE, Higher Education National official, NATFHE, examined.

Question Numbers

91-99

100-110

Examination of Witnesses

BARONESS WARWICK OF UNDERCLIFFE, Chief Executive, and PROFESSOR GLYNIS BREAKWELL, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath and a member of the Universities UK Research Strategy Committee, Universities UK, examined.

Question Numbers

111-119

120-136

Examination of Witness

SIR GARETH ROBERTS, Author of SET for Success (the Roberts Review), Chairman of the Research Careers Initiative, Chairman of the HEFCE Research Committee and President of Wolfson College, Oxford, examined.

Question Numbers

137-139

140-159

160-168



 
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