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Where MPs Stand

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Research integrity

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee (Commons), 13 September 2017 to 9 September 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 24 October 2017: Professor Dorothy Bishop, University of Oxford, Dr Arnaud Vaganay, Director, Meta-Lab, and Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, former Chair, Steering Group on the Culture of Scientific Research, Nuffield Council on Bioethics; Dr Elizabeth Wager, Publications Consultant, Sideview, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Universities UK Research Policy Network, Professor Ian Walmsley, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research Working Group, Russell Group, and Dr Peter Wilmshurst, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Stoke University Hospital
  • 21 November 2017: Professor David Hand, Royal Statistical Society, Dr Damian Pattinson, Vice President of Publishing Innovation, Research Square, and Wendy Appleby, Registrar and Head of Student & Registry Services, University College London; Dr Trish Groves, Director of Academic Outreach, BMJ, Dr Elizabeth Moylan, Senior Editor for Peer Review Strategy and Innovation, BioMedCentral (representing the Committee on Publication Ethics), Catriona Fennell, Director of Publishing Services, Elsevier (representing The Publishers Association), and Dr Alyson Fox, Director of Grants Management, Wellcome Trust
  • 4 December 2017: Dr Ivan Oransky, Co-Founder, Retraction Watch, and Distinguished Writer in Residence, New York University Arthur Carter Journalism Institute, and Professor C.K. Gunsalus, Director, US National Center for Professional and Research Ethics (via video-link); Dr Ben Goldacre, DataLab, Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Dr Simon Kolstoe, Senior Lecturer and University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth, and Independent chair of Hampshire A (NHS) and MOD research ethics committees, and Síle Lane, Head of International Campaigns and Policy, Sense about Science
  • 30 January 2018: Professor Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of Trustees, and James Parry, Chief Executive, UK Research Integrity Office; Dr Tony Peatfield, Director of Corporate Affairs, Medical Research Council, and Chairman, RCUK Good Research Conduct Network, and Dr Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy, Higher Education Funding Council for England; Professor Jonathan Montgomery, Chair, Health Research Authority
  • 6 March 2018: Professor Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive, UK Research and Innovation
  • 8 May 2018: Sam Gyimah MP, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Dr Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Government Science and Engineering Profession, Government Office for Science