Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills - 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 16 June 2008.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee

Biosecurity in UK Research Laboratories Sub-Committee

on Monday 17 March 2008

Members present

Mr Phil Willis, Chairman

Mr Tim Boswell	Dr Evan Harris
Mr Ian Cawsey	Dr Brian Iddon
Dr Ian Gibson

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CONTENTS

Witnesses: Sir Bill Callaghan, former chair of the Health and Safety Commission, Chairman of the review of the regulatory framework for handling animal pathogens, and Professor George Griffin, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP), gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-39

40-59

60-70

Witnesses: Dr Paul Logan, Principal Specialist Inspector, Specialised Industries Division, HSE, Dr Matthew Penrose, Principal Specialist Inspector, Specialised Industries Division, HSE; Mrs Ruth Lysons, Deputy Director, Food & Farming Group, Defra, and Dr Nick Coulson, Head of International Animal Health, Defra, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

71-79

80-99

100-119

120-139

140-159

160-172

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Prepared 25 June 2008