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 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. 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

Membership

2020 to present

was elected as the new chair in the 58th parliament in January 2020. He defeated fellow Conservative MP Stephen Metcalfe.

2017-2019

The Committee's Chair, Sir Norman Lamb, was announced on 12 July 2017
The Chair and Members of the Committee in the 2017-2019 Parliament were:
Members in the session of Parliament were as follows:
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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.