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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Science communication inquiry

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee (Commons), 22 March 2016 to 3 May 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 10 May 2016: Professor Duncan Wingham, Chief Executive, Julia Maddock, Associate Director of Communications and Engagement, Natural Environment Research Council, and Professor James Wilsdon, Director of Impact and Engagement, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sheffield.
  • 14 June 2016: David Shukman, Science Editor, BBC News, Deborah Cohen, Head of Radio Science, BBC, Fiona Fox, Chief Executive, Science Media CentreProfessor Louise Archer, Professor of Sociology of Education and Chair of the Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology and Mathematics, King's College London, Imran Khan, Chief Executive, British Science Association, Katherine Mathieson, Director of Programmes, British Science AssociationDr Matthew Hickman, Programme Manager, Informal Science Learning, Wellcome Trust, Dr Stephen Webster, Director, Science Communication Unit, Imperial College London
  • 7 September 2016: Dr Seirian Sumner, Co-founder, Soapbox Science, Reader in Social Evolution, University of Bristol, Dr Nathalie Pettorelli, Co-founder, Soapbox Science, Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Dr Penny Fidler, Chief Executive, UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres, and Tracey Brown, Director, Sense about Science; Paul Manners, Director, National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement, and Matt Goode, Director of Communications and Public Engagement, Research Councils UK
  • 16 November 2016: Dr Melanie Smallman, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, and Professor Robert Evans, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University; Joseph Johnson MP, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Professor Sir Mark Walport, Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Government Office for Science