Science and Technology Select Committee

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.

Membership

The Committee's Chair, Nicola Blackwood, was announced in June 2015.^[3] Members of the current 2015/16 session are:^[4]

	Party	Constituency
Nicola Blackwood MP (Chair)	Conservative	Oxford West and Abingdon
Victoria Borwick MP	Conservative	Kensington
Stella Creasy MP	Labour (Co-op)	Walthamstow
Jim Dowd MP	Labour	Lewisham West and Penge
Chris Green MP	Conservative	Bolton West
Dr Tania Mathias MP	Conservative	Twickenham
Dr Tania Mathias MP	SNP	Glasgow North West
Graham Stringer MP	Labour	Blackley and Broughton
Derek Thomas MP	Conservative	St Ives
Valerie Vaz MP	Labour	Walsall South
Matt Warman MP	Conservative	Boston and Skegness

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

	Party	Constituency
Andrew Miller MP (Chair)	Labour	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Jim Dowd MP	Labour	Lewisham West and Penge
Stephen Metcalfe MP	Conservative	South Basildon and East Thurrock
David Morris MP	Conservative	Morecambe and Lunesdale
Stephen Mosley MP	Conservative	City of Chester
Sarah Newton MP	Conservative	Truro and Falmouth
Pamela Nash MP	Labour	Airdrie and Shotts
Graham Stringer MP	Labour	Blackley and Broughton
David Tredinnick MP	Conservative	Bosworth
Hywel Williams MP	Plaid Cymru	Arfon
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		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
14 February 2011	Alok Sharma MP (Conservative)	Reading West	→	Stephen McPartland MP (Conservative)	Stevenage	Hansard
27 February 2012	Gavin Barwell MP (Conservative)	Croydon Central	→	Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative)	Gosport	Hansard
	Stephen McPartland MP (Conservative)	Stevenage		Gareth Johnson MP (Conservative)	Dartford
	David Morris MP (Conservative)	Morecambe and Lunesdale		Sarah Newton MP (Conservative)	Truro and Falmouth
	Gregg McClymont MP (Labour)	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	→	Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru)	Arfon
11 June 2012	Jonathan Reynolds MP (Labour Co-op)	Stalybridge and Hyde	→	Jim Dowd MP (Labour)	Lewisham West and Penge	Hansard
3 December 2012	Gareth Johnson MP (Conservative)	Dartford	→	David Morris MP (Conservative)	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Hansard
4 February 2013	Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative)	Gosport	→	David Tredinnick MP (Conservative)	Bosworth	Hansard

References

↑ UK Parliament - MPs call for government to establish a House of Commons Science and Technology Committee following DIUS/BERR merger
↑ House of Commons Debates 25 June 2009
↑ "Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
↑ "Science and Technology Committee - membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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Science and Technology Select Committee

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