The Science and Technology Committee is appointed
under Standing Order No. 152 to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Office of Science and Technology and associated
public bodies.
The Committee consists of 11 Members. It has
a quorum of three. Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members
nominated to the Committee continue to be Members of it for the
remainder of the Parliament.
The Committee has power:
(a) to send for persons, papers and records,
to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn
from place to place, and to report from time to time;
(b) to appoint specialist advisers either to
supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate
matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate to any other such committee
and to the European Scrutiny Committee, to the Committee of Public
Accounts, to the Deregulation Committee and to the Environmental
Audit Committee its evidence and any other documents relating
to matters of common interest; and
(d) to meet concurrently with any other such
committee for the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence, or
considering draft reports or with the European Scrutiny Committee
or any sub-committee thereof for the purposes of deliberating
or taking evidence.
The following were nominated Members of the Committee
on 14 July 1997:
| Mr David Atkinson | Mr Nigel Jones
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| Mr Nigel Beard | Dr Ashok Kumar
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| Dr Michael Clark | Mrs Caroline Spelman
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| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
| Dr Desmond Turner |
| Dr Ian Gibson | Dr Alan W Williams
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| Dr Lynne Jones |
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Dr Michael Clark was elected Chairman on 30 July
1997.
On 22 June 1998 Mrs Caroline Spelman was discharged
from and Mrs Jacqui Lait added to the Committee.
On 30 November 1998 Mr David Atkinson was discharged
from and Mr Ian Taylor added to the Committee.
On 5 July 1999 Mrs Jacqui Lait was discharged from
and Mr Robert Jackson added to the Committee.
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