36 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 12 July 2010.
Members
Miller, Andrew (Chair)
Barwell, Gavin (discharged 27.2.12)
Dinenage, Caroline (added 27.2.12)
Johnson, Gareth (added 27.2.12)
McClymont, Dr Gregg (discharged 27.2.12)
McPartland, Stephen (added 15.2.11; discharged 27.2.12)
Metcalfe, Stephen
Morris, David (discharged 27.2.12)
Mosley, Stephen
Nash, Pamela
Newton, Sarah (added 27.2.12)
Reynolds, Jonathan
Sharma, Alok (discharged 15.2.11)
Stringer, Graham
Williams, Hywel (added 27.2.12)
Williams, Mr Roger
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
67 out of 67
42 out of 62
3 out of 5
4 out of 5
12 out of 62
16 out of 39
61 out of 67
28 out of 62
62 out of 67
47 out of 67
4 out of 5
2 out of 67
7 out of 23
60 out of 67
3 out of 5
54 out of 67
64.0 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 67 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 53 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 14 |
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees1
| 1 |
Other activities | |
Informal meetings | 7
|
Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 1 |
1 Concurrent meeting with the Science and Technology
Committee of the House of Lords
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Dr Richard Clayton, Mike Granatt, Dr Irene Hames,
Dr Sandra Mounier-Jack, and Bill Wicksteed
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers)
| 19 |
Members of the House of Commons
| 1 |
Members of the House of Lords (of whom two were also Ministers)
| 5 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Cabinet Office | 2
|
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
| 5 |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
| 3 |
Department for Transport
| 1 |
Department for Work and Pensions
| 1 |
Department of Energy and Climate Change
| 2 |
Department of Health |
3 |
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
| 2 |
Government Office for Science
| 7 |
HM Treasury | 1
|
Home Office | 3
|
Ministry of Defence |
1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
| 1 |
Crown Prosecution Service
| 1 |
Design Council | 1
|
Economic and Social Research Council
| 1 |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
| 1 |
Environment Agency |
1 |
Forestry Commission |
2 |
Forest Research | 1
|
Health and Safety Executive
| 1 |
Health Protection Agency
| 2 |
Higher Education Funding Council for England
| 1 |
Medical Research Council
| 1 |
National Policing Improvement Agency
| 1 |
Natural Environment Research Council
| 1 |
Research Councils UK |
3 |
Science and Technology Facilities Council
| 2 |
Technology Strategy Board
| 1 |
Training and Development Agency for Schools
| 1 |
UK Space Agency | 1
|
Appearances by other witnesses:
| 182 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
7-8.12.10 | Berlin
| Miller, Metcalfe, Morris, Mosley
| 3 | Inquiry into Technology Innovation Centres
| £8,318 |
2-3.2.11 | CERN, Geneva
| Miller, Barwell, McClymont, Metcalfe, Morris, Mosley, Stringer
| 2 | Inquiry into Astronomy and Particle Physics
| £5,513 |
19-20.5.11 | BudapestA
| Miller |
| Joint Meeting of Chairpersons of Education, Science and Research, and Employment Committees
| £633 |
5-6.3.12 | Berlin
| Miller, Mosley,
Nash Williams, H Williams, R
| 2 | Inquiry into Risk perception and energy infrastructure
| £5,109 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
19.10.10 | National Physical Laboratory, Teddington
| Miller, Barwell, Metcalfe, Morris, Nash, Stringer
| 4 | Inquiry into Setting the scene; and Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies
| £108 |
30.11.10 | British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
| Miller, Metcalfe, Mosley, Nash, Stringer, Williams
| 1 | Inquiry into Setting the scene
| £279 |
22.3.11 | Forensic Science Service, Lambeth
| Miller, Barwell, Metcalfe, Mosley, Nash, Stringer
| 2 | Inquiry into the Forensic Science Service
| Nil |
6.4.11 | LGC, TeddingtonA
| Metcalfe | 1
| Inquiry into the Forensic Science Service
| £56 |
23.6.11 | Quintin Kynaston school, St John's Wood, London
| Miller, Barwell, Metcalfe, Morris, Mosley, Nash, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into Practical experiments in school science lessons and science field trips
| £8 |
6.7.11 | Research Councils UK and Technology Strategy Board, Swindon
| Miller, Barwell, Mosley
| 2 | Inquiry into the Spending Review 2010
| £227 |
1.11.11 | Met Office, Exeter
| Miller, Metcalfe, Stringer, Williams
| 2 | Inquiry into Science in the Met Office
| £750 |
29.2.12 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
| Miller, Johnson, Metcalfe, Mosley, Nash
| 3 | Meeting with Commonwealth scholars
| Nil |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: The Reviews into the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit's E-mails
| 444 | 25.1.11
| Received 5.4.11: published as Second Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Second Report: Technology and Innovation Centres
| 619 | 17.2.11
| Received 3.5.11: published as Third Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Third Report: Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies
| 498 | 2.3.11
| Received 3.5.11: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 2010-12
Further response received 6.6.11: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Fourth Report: Astronomy and Particle Physics
| 806 | 13.5.11
| Government Response received 8.7.11 and a response by the Scientific and Technology Facilities Council received 6.7.11: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Fifth Report: Strategically important metals
| 726 | 17.5.11
| Received 6.9.11: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Sixth Report: UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI)
| 727 | 25.5.11
| Received 13.9.11: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Seventh Report: The Forensic Science Service
| 855 | 1.7.11
| Cm 8215, published 31.10.11
|
Eighth Report: Peer review in scientific publications
| 856 | 28.7.11
| Government Response received 28.9.11 and a response by the Research Councils UK 30.9.11: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Ninth Report: Practical experiments in school science lessons and science field trips
| 1060-I | 14.9.11
| Government Response received 15.11.11and response by Ofqual received 16.11.11: published as Eleventh Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Practical experiments in school science lessons and science field trips
| 1060-II | 14.9.11
| Not applicable |
Tenth Report: Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chair of the Technology Strategy Board
| 1539-I | 26.10.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chair of the Technology Strategy Board
| 1539-II | 10.11.11
| Not applicable |
Eleventh Report: Alcohol guidelines
| 1536 | 9.1.12
| Cm 8329, published 26.3.12
|
Twelfth Report: Malware and cyber crime
| 1537 | 2.2.12
| Cm 8328, published 2.4.12
|
Thirteenth Report: Science in the Met Office
| 1538 | 21.2.12
| Received 27.04.12 |
Fourteenth Report: Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
| 1871-I | 9.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
| 1871-i | 12.3.12
| Not applicable |
Fifteenth Report: Engineering in government: follow-up to the 2009 report on Engineering: turning ideas into reality
| 1667 | 30.4.12
| Awaiting response |
First Special Report: The Legacy Report: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2009-10
| 370 | 27.7.10
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: The Reviews into the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit's E-mails: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2010-12
| 496 | 6.5.11
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Technology and Innovation Centres: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2010-12
| 1041 | 16.5.11
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2010-12
| 1042 | 17.5.11
| Not applicable |
Fifth Special Report: Bioengineering Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2009-10
| 1138 | 14.6.11
| Not applicable |
Sixth Special Report: Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies: Supplementary Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2010-12
| 1139 | 14.6.11
| Not applicable |
Seventh Special Report: Astronomy and Particle Physics: Government and Science and Technology Facilities Council Responses to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1425 | 19.7.11
| Not applicable |
Eighth Special Report: UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI): Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1475 | 13.9.11
| Not applicable |
Ninth Special Report: Strategically important metals: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1479 | 14.9.11
| Not applicable |
Tenth Special Report: Peer review in scientific publications: Government and Research Councils UK Responses to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1535 | 18.10.11
| Not applicable |
Eleventh Special Report: Practical experiments in school science lessons and science field trips: Government and Ofqual Responses to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1655 | 29.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Setting the scene
| 369-i&ii | 22.10.10
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The UK Space Agency
| 445-i | 22.11.10
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The Government Office for Science Annual Review 2009
| 546-i | 17.1.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Spending Review 2010
| 618-i to -iii | 8.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Pfizer's decision to close its research and development facility at Sandwich
| 805-i & -ii | 19.5.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies: follow-up
| 1059-i | 18.7.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Forest research
| 1200-i | 17.10.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The Commissioning of X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy facilities
| 1364-i | 15.9.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The Government Office for Science Annual Review 2010-11
| 1460-i | 7.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Treasury Chief Scientific Adviser
| 1461-i | 7.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The Forensic Science Service: Government Response
| 1698-i | 9.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Census and social science
| 1666-i | 14.12.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Census and social science
| 1666-ii | 21.12.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Census and social science
| 1666-iii | 24.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Risk perception and energy infrastructure
| 1742-i | 24.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Risk perception and energy infrastructure
| 1742-ii | 30.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Risk perception and energy infrastructure
| 1742-iii | 6.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Science and international development
| 1743-i | 6.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Science and international development
| 1743-ii | 13.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Science and international development
| 1743-iii | 12.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Bridging the "valley of death": improving the commercialisation of research
| 1936-i | 25.4.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Bridging the "valley of death": improving the commercialisation of research
| 1936-ii | 1.5.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Chair of the Committee to the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 27 July 2010, Spending Review 2010
| | 29.7.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Lord Chancellor, 1 November 2010, Archaeological investigation of human remains
| | 10.11.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The UK Space Agency
| | 22.11.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Chair of the Committee to the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, 29 November 2010, Haldane Principle
| | 1.12.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 3 December 2010, DG Knowledge and Innovation
| | 15.12.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from Damian Green MP, Minister for Immigration, 2 December 2010, Immigration cap
| | 15.12.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 3 December 2010, Regulation of geoengineering
| | 15.12.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Chair of the Committee to James Brockenshire MP, 21 December 2010, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
| | 20.12.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Reviews into the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit's E-mails
| | 25.1.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, 20 December 2010, Haldane Principle
| | 26.1.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, 14 January 2011, BIS Winter Supplementaries
| | 26.1.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, 24 January 2011, UK Resource Centre for Women in SET
| | 26.1.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, 5 October 2010, BIS Main Estimate for 2010-11
| | 9.2.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Technology and Innovation Centres
| | 17.2.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Correspondence provided by Graham Stringer MP, 24 January 2011, between Professor Geoff Hall from Imperial College London and Professor David Delpy, Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Shared Services Centre
| | 28.2.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies
| | 2.3.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Further correspondence provided by Graham Stringer MP, 2 February 2011, between Professor Geoff Hall from Imperial College London and Professor David Delpy, Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Shared Services Centre
| | 16.3.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from Professor Sir John Savill, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council, 22 March 2011, MRC's Annual Report and Accounts 2009/10
| | 23.3.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from Professor Douglas Kell, Chief Executive, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, 22 March 2011, BBSRC's Annual Report and Accounts 2009/10
| | 23.3.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, 31 March 2011, Science and Research Budget Changes in the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2010-11
| | 4.4.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Astronomy and Particle Physics
| | 13.5.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Strategically important metals
| | 17.5.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI)
| | 25.5.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, 1 June 2011, Science and Research Budget Queries from 2011-12 Allocations
| | 8.6.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading, 27 May 2011, Strategically important metals
| | 8.6.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from Professor David Delpy, Chief Executive, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), 9 May 2011, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
| | 16.6.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Further correspondence following the Committee Report's publication, 29 June 2011, Strategically important metals
| | 30.6.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Forensic Science Service
| | 1.7.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: On 23 June 2011, the Chair of the Committee wrote to Professor Edward Acton, Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia, seeking an update on the UEA's handling of Freedom of Information requests. Professor Acton responded on 13 July 2011.
| | 19.7.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Peer review in scientific publications
| | 28.7.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from Professor Edward Acton, Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia, regarding findings of the Information Commissioner, 27 July 2011.
| | 8.9.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, regarding the 2010 Science Funding Allocation letters, 24 August 2011.
| | 8.9.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Letter from Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health, regarding the evidence base underpinning the alcohol and dietary provided by Government and its public bodies, 28 August 2011.
| | 8.9.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Practical experiments in school science lessons and science field trips
| | 14.9.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Francis Crick Institute (formerly the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation) progress report, September 2011
| | 15.9.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Forest research
| | 17.10.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Spending Review 2010
| | 8.11.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Alcohol guidelines
| | 9.1.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Malware and cyber crime
| | 2.2.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Science in the Met Office
| | 21.2.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Engineering in government: follow-up to the 2009 report on Engineering: turning ideas into reality
| | 30.4.12
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10
Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report: Evidence
Check 2: Homeopathy, published as Cm 7914 (26.7.10).
Reply to the Committee's Fifth Report: The Regulation
of Geoengineering, published as Cm 7936 (28.9.10).
Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report: The impact
of spending cuts on science and scientific research, published
as Cm 7927 (30.7.10).
Reply to the Committee's Seventh Report: Bioengineering,
received 24.5.11 and published as the Committee's Fifth Special
Report, Session 2010-12.
Reply to the Committee's Eighth Report: The disclosure
of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University
of East Anglia, published as Cm 7934 (28.9.10).
Reply to the Committee's Ninth Report: The Legacy
Report, received 14.7.10 and published as the Committee's
First Special Report, Session 2010-12.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/formal-minutes/.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
17.1.11 | One, on consideration of the Chair's draft Report on The Reviews into the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit's E-mails
|
Debates
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Third Report, Session 2010-12, Scientific Advice and Evidence
in Emergencies, HC 459, 15.9.11
The following report was debated in the House:
Seventh Report, Session 2010-12, The Forensic Science Service,
HC 855, 28.2.12
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the
Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Alcohol guidelines |
2 |
Astronomy and Particle Physics
| 2 |
Bridging the "valley of death": improving the commercialisation of research
| 2 |
Engineering in government: follow-up to the 2009 report on Engineering: turning ideas into reality
| 2 |
Forest research | 1
|
Malware and cyber crime
| 2 |
Peer review in scientific publications
| 4 |
Pfizer's decision to close its research and development facility at Sandwich
| 2 |
Practical experiments in school science lessons and science field trips
| 3 |
Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
| 1 |
Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for Chair of the Technology Strategy Board
| 1 |
Risk perception and energy infrastructure
| 4 |
Science and international development
| 3 |
Science in the Met Office
| 3 |
Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies
| 5 |
Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies: follow-up
| 1 |
Setting the scene | 2
|
Spending Review 2010 |
3 |
Strategically important metals
| 3 |
Technology and Innovation Centres
| 3 |
The Census and social science
| 3 |
The Commissioning of X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy services
| 1 |
The Forensic Science Service
| 4 |
The Government Office for Science Annual Review 2009
| 1 |
The Government Office for Science Annual Review 2010-11
| 1 |
The Reviews into the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit's E-mails
| 2 |
The UK Space Agency |
1 |
Treasury Chief Scientific Adviser
| 1 |
UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI)
| 3 |
Total | 66 A
|
A At several meetings the Committee took evidence in
more than one inquiry
|