APPENDIX 1
The members of the Sub-Committee which
conducted this inquiry were:
Lord Haskel
Lord Howie of Troon
Lord Jenkin of Roding (Chairman)
Lord Kirkwood+
Lord Oxburgh (co-opted on 9 November 1999)
Lord Perry of Walton
Baroness Platt of Writtle
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede+
Lord Porter of Luddenham (co-opted on 25 November 1999)
Lord Quirk
Lord Tombs
Baroness Wilcox
Lord Winston
+Ceased to be a member
of the House of Lords on 11 November 1999 in accordance with
the House of Lords Act 1999.
The Sub-Committee appointed as its Specialist
Advisers:
Professor John Durant, Assistant Director, Science
Museum, and Professor of the Public Understanding of Science,
Imperial College, University of London
Professor Brian Wynne, Research Director, Centre
for the Study of Environmental Change, University of Lancaster
Declarations of interest
Lord Jenkin of Roding—Chairman of the Foundation
for Science and Technology; member of the Board of UK CEED
Lord Oxburgh—Rector of Imperial College, University
of London; former President of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science; Chairman of Trustees of the Natural History
Museum; Council member of the Foundation for Science and Technology;
member of steering group for 1999 UK CEED consensus conference
on Nuclear Waste
Lord Perry of Walton—President of the Research
Defence Society; former member of COPUS
Baroness Platt of Writtle—Chairman, Meteorological
Office Advisory Committee (paid—ceased autumn 1999); patron,
WISE (Women Into Science and Engineering); former President of
the Association for Science Education; former member of COPUS
Lord Porter of Luddenham—Founding Chairman
of COPUS; former President of the Royal Society; former President
of the Association for Science Education; former President of
the British Association for the Advancement of Science; former
Director of the Royal Institution
Lord Tombs—Member of the Board of UK CEED
Baroness Wilcox—Member of the Advisory Board
of Oxford Economic Research Associates for a project on science
advice to Government (paid); President, National Federation of
Consumer Groups; President, Institute of Trading Standards Administration;
Chairman, National Consumer Council, 1990-96
Lord Winston—Freelance contributor to BBC science
programmes; freelance writer
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