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The Science and Technology Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The original Science and Technology Committee was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee on 6 November 2007. However, just 19 months later, the government announced that it was re-establishing the committee following the recommendation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee[1] after the merging of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in June 2009. The House of Commons approved the re-establishment of the committee on 25 June 2009.[2] The committee was officially re-established on 1 October 2009 and has a remit to examine the work of the Government Office for Science. The committee currently scrutinises the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, headed by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma. The current minister of science is Amanda Solloway.

21st Report - Balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending

Terms of Reference[3]

In May 2018, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) published its Strategic Prospectus, which represents “the beginning of the process to develop a detailed Research and Innovation Strategy”. It states that “We will work with Government to develop a plan for meeting this target [to increase the UK’s investment in research and development to 2.4% of GDP by 2027, and in the future to 3%, maximising the impact of public investment in research and innovation, and supporting business and other partners to invest more.” It envisages ongoing work on “what constitutes reasonable balance” of its funding. Against that background, the Committee undertook an inquiry on the balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending.

Membership

2020 to present

Greg Clark was elected as the new chair in the 58th parliament in January 2020.[4] He defeated fellow Conservative MP Stephen Metcalfe.[1]

2017-2019

The Chair and Members of the Committee since 11 September 2017 are:

The Committee's Chair, Norman Lamb, was announced on 12 July 2017[5] Members of the current 2017/18 session are:[6]

Member Party Constituency
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP (Chair) Liberal Democrat North Norfolk
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Vicky Ford MP Conservative Chelmsford
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bill Grant MP Conservative Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Darren Jones MP Labour Bristol North West
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liz Kendall MP Labour Leicester West
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Metcalfe MP Conservative South Basildon and East Thurrock
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Carol Monaghan MP SNP Glasgow North West
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Damien Moore MP Conservative Southport
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Neil O'Brien MP Conservative Harborough
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Graham Stringer MP Labour Blackley and Broughton
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Martin Whitfield MP Labour East Lothian

Members in the (2014/15) session of Parliament were as follows:

Member Party Constituency
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrew Miller MP (Chair) Labour Ellesmere Port and Neston
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jim Dowd MP Labour Lewisham West and Penge
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Metcalfe MP Conservative South Basildon and East Thurrock
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Morris MP Conservative Morecambe and Lunesdale
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen Mosley MP Conservative City of Chester
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sarah Newton MP Conservative Truro and Falmouth
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Pamela Nash MP Labour Airdrie and Shotts
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Graham Stringer MP Labour Blackley and Broughton
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Tredinnick MP Conservative Bosworth
bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" | Hywel Williams MP Plaid Cymru Arfon
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Roger Williams MP Liberal Democrat Brecon and Radnorshire

Source: Science and Technology Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date Outgoing Member
& Party 		Constituency → New Member
& Party 		Constituency Source
14 February 2011 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alok Sharma MP (Conservative) Reading West → bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen McPartland MP (Conservative) Stevenage Hansard
27 February 2012 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gavin Barwell MP (Conservative) Croydon Central → bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative) Gosport Hansard
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stephen McPartland MP (Conservative) Stevenage bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gareth Johnson MP (Conservative) Dartford
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Morris MP (Conservative) Morecambe and Lunesdale bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sarah Newton MP (Conservative) Truro and Falmouth
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gregg McClymont MP (Labour) Cumbernauld, Kilsyth
and Kirkintilloch East 		→ bgcolor="Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" | Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru) Arfon
11 June 2012 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jonathan Reynolds MP (Labour Co-op) Stalybridge and Hyde → bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jim Dowd MP (Labour) Lewisham West and Penge Hansard
3 December 2012 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gareth Johnson MP (Conservative) Dartford → bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Morris MP (Conservative) Morecambe and Lunesdale Hansard
4 February 2013 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative) Gosport → bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Tredinnick MP (Conservative) Bosworth Hansard

See also

References

  1. ^ UK Parliament - MPs call for government to establish a House of Commons Science and Technology Committee following DIUS/BERR merger
  2. ^ House of Commons Debates 25 June 2009
  3. ^ "Balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending inquiry launched - News from Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Greg Clark elected as Chair of Science and Technology Select Committee - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Membership - Science and Technology Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Science and Technology Committee - membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

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