Category Archives: Select Committee
Greening the Common Agricultural Policy
Professor Charles Godfray, immediate past President of the BES, is to give evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday 14th December as part of the Committee’s inquiry into ‘Greening the Common Agricultural Policy‘. Professor Godfray … Continue reading
EFRA Committee Announce Natural Environment White Paper inquiry
From the EFRA Committee: MPs to examine Government proposals to protect and enhance the natural environment Proposals set out in the Government’s Natural Environment White Paper, The Natural Choice; securing the value of nature, published on 7 June, will be … Continue reading
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Forest Research Inquiry – Oral Evidence
Today the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee took oral evidence on the Forest Research Inquiry into the effects of the spending review, and research priorities in the forestry research community. The evidence session involved witnesses from a variety … Continue reading
Science and Technology Select Committee Chair Joins Policy Lunchbox
The chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, Andrew Miller MP, joined the Policy Lunchbox network yesterday to discuss the Committee’s current and near-term priorities. Andrew Miller, MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston since 1992, took up … Continue reading
EFRA Committee to Quiz Caroline Spelman
EVIDENCE SESSION Defra’s priorities and annual accounts Wednesday 15 September 2010 House of Commons Witness: At 3.00 pm * Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee … Continue reading
New Parliamentary Select Committee Chairs announced
Nominations from within each party for Select Committees chair-person roles closed on June 9th, when the unopposed candidates took their seats on the newly re-formed committees. The elections for the committees where a contest was needed went ahead this Wednesday … Continue reading
Science and Technology Select Committee to be re-formed
It has been confirmed today that the Science and Technology (S&T) Select Committee will be re-formed under the new parliament. The membership of the committee has yet to be decided, but a vote by MPs today confirmed that the Chair … Continue reading
Science and Technology Committee Call for Spend on Science to Increase
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has called for the Government to increase spend on science in order to ensure that the UK can remain competitive and an attractive place to both research and invest in science and … Continue reading
EFRA Select Committtee Criticises Defra Waste Policy
The EFRA Select Committee has today released a report criticising Defra’s waste policy, stating that the Department’s strategy has no clear targets for the reduction of England’s waste and instead concentrates efforts on improving recycling rates for domestic waste, which … Continue reading
Phil Willis MP Joins Policy Lunchbox Discussion
The Policy Lunchbox network was today joined by Phil Willis MP, Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, for a wide-ranging discussion on ‘Putting science and engineering at the heart of government policy’. In welcoming Mr Willis … Continue reading