The Science and Technology Committee
The Science and Technology Committee is appointed
by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Government Office for Science. Under arrangements
agreed by the House on 25 June 2009 the Science and Technology
Committee was established on 1 October 2009 with the same membership
and Chairman as the former Innovation, Universities, Science and
Skills Committee and its proceedings were deemed to have been
in respect of the Science and Technology Committee.
Current membership
Mr Phil Willis (Liberal Democrat, Harrogate and
Knaresborough)(Chair)
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour, City of Durham)
Mr Tim Boswell (Conservative, Daventry)
Mr Ian Cawsey (Labour, Brigg & Goole)
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire)
Dr Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West
& Abingdon)
Dr Brian Iddon (Labour, Bolton South East)
Mr Gordon Marsden (Labour, Blackpool South)
Dr Doug Naysmith (Labour, Bristol North West)
Dr Bob Spink (Independent, Castle Point)
Ian Stewart (Labour, Eccles)
Graham Stringer (Labour, Manchester, Blackley)
Dr Desmond Turner (Labour, Brighton Kemptown)
Mr Rob Wilson (Conservative, Reading East)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental Select Committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in
SO No.152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk
Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at http://www.parliament.uk/science
A list of reports from the Committee in this Parliament
is included at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are: Glenn McKee
(Clerk); Richard Ward (Second Clerk); Dr Christopher Tyler (Committee
Specialist); Xameerah Malik (Committee Specialist); Andy Boyd
(Senior Committee Assistant); Camilla Brace (Committee Assistant);
Dilys Tonge (Committee Assistant); Melanie Lee (Committee Assistant);
Jim Hudson (Committee Support Assistant); and Becky Jones (Media
Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Science and Technology Committee, Committee Office, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general inquiries
is: 020 7219 2793; the Committee's e-mail address is: scitechcom@parliament.uk.
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