Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee

The Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee was a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee was to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, any associated public bodies and the government office for science.

The committee was dissolved on 30 September 2009 and replaced by the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee following the merging of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills into the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.^[1] The committee was officially replaced by the Science and Technology Select Committee, which was re-established on 1 October 2009 and is made up of the same membership as the old Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills select committee.

Membership

The membership of the committee at its time of dissolution were:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Phil Willis MP, (Chair)	Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP	Labour	City of Durham
	Tim Boswell MP	Conservative	Daventry
	Ian Cawsey MP	Labour	Brigg and Goole
	Nadine Dorries MP	Conservative	Mid-Bedfordshire
	Dr Ian Gibson MP	Labour	Norwich North
	Dr Evan Harris MP	Liberal Democrat	Oxford West and Abingdon
	Dr Brian Iddon MP	Labour	Bolton South East
	Gordon Marsden MP	Labour	Blackpool South
	Bob Spink MP	Independent	Castle Point
	Ian Stewart MP	Labour	Eccles
	Graham Stringer MP	Labour	Manchester Blackley
	Dr Desmond Turner MP	Labour	Brighton Kemptown
	Rob Wilson MP	Conservative	Reading East

Source: Parliament Website

See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

References

1. Hansard - 25 June 2009: Standing Orders etc. (Machinery of Government Changes)

External links

• Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee