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.

Membership

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

Member		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:

Member		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	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		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

See also

• Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom
• Science and Technology Committee (House of Lords)
• Science and technology

External links

• Science and Technology Committee (Commons) web page