House of Commons - Science and Technology Committee

Science and Technology Committee - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]
Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies

Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 February 2011.

Oral Evidence

Taken before the Science and Technology Committee

on Wednesday 20 October 2010

Members present:

Andrew Miller (Chair)	Pamela Nash
Gavin Barwell	Alok Sharma
Stephen Metcalfe	Graham Stringer
Stephen Mosley	Roger Williams

CONTENTS

Witnesses: Professor Sheila Bird, Vice President (2006-09), Royal Statistical Society, Professor Neil Ferguson OBE, Director, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Justin McCracken, Chief Executive, Health Protection Agency, and Dr Peter Holden, British Medical Association, gave evidence.

Question Numbers:

1-31

Witnesses: Professor David Harper CBE, Chief Scientist, Department of Health, Professor Sir Gordon Duff, Chair of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee, Department of Health, and Sir Liam Donaldson, Former Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, gave evidence.

Question Numbers:

32-59