10. SELECT COMMITTEES
B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
28. Science and Technology
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 19 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Clark, Dr Michael, (Chairman) | 19
|
Ashdown, Sir Paddy | 4
|
Curtis-Thomas, Mrs Claire (discharged, 13.3.01)
| 0 |
Gibson, Dr Ian | 17
|
Iddon, Dr Brian | 19
|
Jackson, Mr Robert | 4
|
Jones, Dr Lynne | 14
|
Kumar, Dr Ashok | 10
|
McWalter, Mr Tony (added, 13.3.01) | 8
|
Taylor, Mr Ian | 4
|
Turner, Dr Desmond | 13
|
Williams, Dr Alan W | 6
|
|
Overall attendance: | 56.4%
|
Number of Members added: | 1
|
Number of Members discharged: | 1
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
9% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Ms Philippa Helme, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Mr Geoffrey Farrar, Assistant Clerk (Band A3).
Committee Specialist: Dr Amanda Collis (Band B1) (seconded
from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council)
(from 15.1.01).
Committee Assistant: Mrs Leonie Nugent, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2).
Secretary: Mrs Anne Browning, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Janet Askham, Professor Ian Bryden, Professor Derek
Burke, Professor John Chesshire, Professor Michel Coleman, Dr
Helena Earl, Professor Michael Elves, Dr John Hassard, Professor
Peter Liss and Dr John Pyle.
Witnesses |
|
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
Other Ministers
| 2 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Office of Science and Technology | 1
|
other departments | 4
|
comprising: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
| 3 |
Department of Trade and Industry | 1
|
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments:
| 3 |
comprising: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
| 2 |
Natural Environment Research Council | 1
|
Appearances by other witnesses | 14
|
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
21.11.00 | Federation of the Electronics Industry, London
| 2 |
2 | Discussion on the future of science-based industries
| £35.25
|
30.1.01 | Chemical Industries Association, London
| 3 |
2 | Discussion of topical issues
| Nil |
1.2.01 | Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down
| 4 |
2 | Investigative visit
| £453.60
|
6.2.01 | The Wellcome Trust, Hinxton
| 5 |
0.125 | Investigative visit
| £283.20
|
A Includes 1 specialist
adviser
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(2000-01)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government
reply
|
First Report: EQUAL (Extend Quality Life)
| 43 |
17.1.01 |
78 | £11.50
| Received 4.4.01: published as Second Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
Second Report: Corus plcResearch and Development
| 110 |
24.1.01 |
37 | £8.00
| Received 27.3.01: published as Third Special Report, Session 2000-01
|
Third Report: Scientific Advisory System: Scientific Advice on Climate Change
| 14 |
21.3.01 |
114 | £14.70
| Awaited
|
Fourth Report: Scientific Advisory System
| 257 |
21.3.01 |
52 | £9.70
| Awaited
|
Fifth Report: Genetics and Insurance
| 174 |
3.4.01 |
119 | £14.70
| Awaited
|
Sixth Report: Are We Realising Our Potential?
| 200-I |
3.4.01 |
34 | £8.00
| Awaited
|
Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence: Are We Realising our Potential?
| 200-II
| 3.4.01
| 295 |
£20.50
| Not applicable
|
Seventh Report: Wave and Tidal Energy
| 291 |
8.5.01 |
109 | £19.50
| Awaited
|
First Special Report: The Work of the Science and Technology Committee 1997-2000
| 44 |
21.12.00 |
24 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Government Response to the First Report on EQUAL (Extend Quality Life)
| 386 |
30.4.01 |
18 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Second Report on Corus plc-Research and Development
| 421 |
9.5.01 |
11 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Fourth Special Report: The Work of the Science and Technology Committee in the 1997-2001 Parliament
| 476 |
11.5.01
| 13
| £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Science and Innovation White Paper and the Science Budget
| 274-i |
30.3.01 |
15 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: The Work of the Chief Scientific Adviser
| 420-i |
21.5.01 |
11 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-00
were published on 9.2.01 as HC 793, Session 1999-2000. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01 were published
on 22.6.01 as HC 500, Session 2000-01.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Report was debated in the House:
Sixth Report, Session 1999-2000, Cancer ResearchA
Fresh Look, on a Government Motion for the Adjournment of
the House, 11.1.01
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in Westminster Hall:
Second Report, Session 2000-01, Corus plcResearch
and Development, on a Government Motion for the Adjournment
(Crisis in the Steel Industry), 28.3.01
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 9 of the Committee's 19 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
Scientific Advisory System: Scientific Advice on Climate Change
| 2 |
Genetics and Insurance |
2 |
Wave and Tidal Energy |
3 |
Miscellaneous | 2
|
Total | 9
|
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