Mr Nigel Beard
Dr Ian Gibson
Dr Lynne Jones
Dr Ashok Kumar
Mr Ian Taylor

The Committee deliberated.

 Draft Report (Engineering and Physical Sciences Based Innovation), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

 Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 6 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 7 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 8 to 10 read and agreed to.

Paragraph 11 read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 12 to16 read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 15 and 16 combined (now paragraph 15).

Paragraphs 17 to 22 read and agreed to (now paragraphs 16 to 21).

Paragraph 23 read, amended and agreed to (now paragraph 22).

Paragraphs 24 to 42 read and agreed to (now paragraphs 23 to 41).

Paragraph 43 read, amended and agreed to (now paragraph 42).

Paragraphs 44 to 48 read and agreed to (now paragraphs 43 to 47).

Paragraph 49 read, amended and agreed to (now paragraph 48).

Paragraphs 50 to 62 read and agreed to (now paragraphs 49 to 61).

Paragraph 63 read, amended and agreed to (now paragraph 62).

Paragraphs 64 to 73 read and agreed to (now paragraphs 63 to 72).

Paragraph 74 read, amended and agreed to (now paragraph 73).

Paragraphs 75 to 88 read and agreed to (now paragraphs 74 to 87).

Paragraph 89 read, amended and agreed to (now paragraph 88).

Paragraphs 90 read and agreed to (now paragraph 89).

Paragraph 91 read, amended and agreed to (now paragraph 90).

Paragraphs 92 to 94 read and agreed to (now paragraphs 91 to 93).

Paragraphs 95 to 98 read, amended and agreed to (now paragraphs 94 to 97).

Paragraphs 99 to 104 read and agreed to (now paragraphs 98 to 103).

Annexes 1 to 4 read and agreed to.

 Ordered, That a list of abbreviations be annexed to the Report. — (The Chairman.)

 Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the Second Report of the Committee to the House.

 Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

 Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No. 134 (Select committees (reports)) be applied to the Report.

Several papers were ordered to be appended to the Minutes of Evidence.

 Ordered, That the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported to the House. — (The Chairman.)

The Committee deliberated.

  [Adjourned till Wednesday 2 February at a quarter to Four o'clock.