Science and Technology - Minutes of Evidence[Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 July 2003.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2003

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Members present

Dr Ian Gibson, in the Chair

Mr Parmjit Dhanda	Mr Tony McWalter
Dr Brian Iddon	Geraldine Smith
Mr Robert Key	Dr Desmond Turner

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CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by the Save British Science Society

Examination of Witnesses

DR PETER COTGREAVE, Director and PROFESSOR MICHAEL TREVAN, Member of the Executive Committee, Save British Science, were examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-32

Memorandum submitted by the University of Plymouth

Memorandum submitted by Dr D W Robertson, University of Newcastle

Memorandum submitted by Professor Gerry Gilmore, Professor of Experimental Philosophy, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge

Memorandum submitted by the University of Surrey

Examination of Witnesses

PROFESSOR MIKE BEVERIDGE, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise) University of Plymouth, PROFESSOR GERRY GILMORE, Professor of Experimental Philosophy, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, PROFESSOR JOHN TURNER, Director of UniSdirect, University of Surrey, and DR DOUGLAS ROBERTSON, Director of Business Development, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, examined.

Question Number

33-39

40-59

60-79

80-97

Memorandum submitted by the Royal Academy of Engineering

Memorandum submitted by the Institute of Physics

Memorandum submitted by the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)

Examination of Witnesses

PROFESSOR EBRAHIM MAMDANI, Intelligent and Interactive Systems Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, PROFESSOR IAN W. MARSHALL, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College, London and PROFESSOR MARTYN THOMAS, Fellow and Member of IT Sector Panel, examined.

Question Number

98-99

100-119

120-125

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Prepared 24 July 2003