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Forensic science inquiry

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee, 23 May 2018 to 23 May 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 9 October 2018: Mark Burns-Williamson OBE, Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, Chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners—APCC, Chief Constable James Vaughan, Chief Constable of Dorset Police, lead on forensics for the National Police Chiefs Council—NPCC and Jo Ashworth OBE, Programme Director, NPCC Transforming Forensics Programme
  • 9 October 2018: Professor Tim Thompson, Professor of Applied Biological Anthropology, Teesside University, Dr Karl Harrison, Lecturer in Forensic Archaeology, Cranfield Forensic Institute, Cranfield University and Dr Sarah Morris, Lecturer in Forensic Computing, Cranfield Forensic Institute, Cranfield University
  • 23 October 2018: Dr Itiel Dror, Senior Cognitive Neuroscience Researcher, UCL and Dr Christopher Lawless, Associate Professor, Durham University
  • 30 October 2018: Adrian Foster, Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, Chris Henley QC, Chair, Criminal Bar Association and Abigail Bright, Junior Representative
  • 30 October 2018: Professor Niamh Nic Daéid, Director of Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, Dundee University and Professor Dame Sue Black, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Engagement, Lancaster University
  • 6 November 2018: Paul Hackett, Group Managing Director, Key Forensic Holdings Ltd, David Hartshorne, Managing Director, Cellmark Forensic Services and Dr Mark Pearse, Commercial Director, Eurofins Forensic Services
  • 6 November 2018: Professor Carole McCartney, Reader in the School of Law, Northumbria University and Professor David Ormerod QC, Chair in Criminal Law, UCL and Law Commissioner for England and Wales
  • 13 November 2018: Dr Julie Maxton CBE, Executive Director, Royal Society, Andrew Rennison, Commissioner, Criminal Cases Review Commission and Emily Bolton, Founder and Legal Director, Centre for Criminal Appeals
  • 13 November 2018: Danyela Kellett, Forensic Services Manager, Lancashire Constabulary, Carolyn Lovell, Head of Operations—Crime Scene Investigation, Hampshire Constabulary and David Tucker, Faculty Lead for Crime and Criminal Justice, College of Policing
  • 20 November 2018: Tom Nelson OBE, Director of Forensic Sciences, Scottish Police Authority, Stan Brown CBE, Chief Executive, Forensic Service Northern Ireland (FSNI) and Anthony Harbinson, Forensic Services Leadership Board (FSLB) of Northern Ireland
  • 27 November 2018: ​Mark Stokes, Head of Digital, Cyber and Communications Forensics Unit, Metropolitan Police, Dr Jan Collie, Managing Director and Senior Forensic Investigator, Discovery Forensics and Professor Peter Sommer, Professor of Digital Forensics, Birmingham City University
  • 27 November 2018: Dr Anya Hunt, CEO, Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, Angus Marshall, Director and Principal Scientist, n-gate Ltd and Dr David Schudel, Forensic Scientist, Keith Borer Consultants
  • 4 December 2018: ​Rebecca Endean, Director of Strategy, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • 4 December 2018: Paul Harris, Senior Partner, Edward Fail, Bradshaw & Waterson Solicitors, Michael Caplan QC, Consultant, Criminal Litigation, Kingsley Napley LLP and Sarah Whitehouse QC, Barrister, 6KBW College Hill
  • 11 December 2018: Lorraine Turner, Business Development and Technical Director, United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), Katherine Monnery, Forensic Accreditation Specialist, UKAS, Sara Walton, Governance and Resilience Market Development Manager, British Standards Institution (BSI) and Steve Brunige, Head of Industry and Government Engagement, BSI
  • 18 December 2018: Lord Hughes of Ombersley, former Justice of the Supreme Court, His Honour Judge Wall QC, Circuit Judge and Sir Brian Leveson, President of the Queen’s Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice
  • 15 January 2019: Dr Sheila Willis, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
  • 22 January 2019: Dr Gillian Tully, Forensic Science Regulator
  • 24 January 2019: Professor Claude Roux, Director of Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology, Sydney, and President of the International Association of Forensic Sciences
  • 29 January 2019: Lucy Frazer QC MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Fiona Rutherford, Deputy Director of Legal Aid Strategy and Policy, Ministry of Justice and Matthew Gould, Deputy Director of Criminal Courts and Criminal Law Policy, Ministry of Justice
  • 29 January 2019: Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State, Home Office, Professor John Aston, Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office and Christophe Prince, Director of Data and Identity within the Crime, Policing and Fire Group, Home Office