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Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Relationship between EU membership and UK science inquiry

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee, 9 December 2015 to 9 December 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 15 December 2015: Professor Steve Cowley, Chief Executive Officer, UK Atomic Energy Authority and Head of the EURATOM/Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCCFE) Fusion Association, Professor Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary-General, League of European Research Universities (LERU), and Professor Dame Janet Thornton, Director Emeritus of EMBL-EBI and Senior Scientist, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
  • 15 December 2015: Professor Paul Boyle, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester, Professor Andrew Harrison, Chief Executive, Diamond Light Source, and Professor Dominic Tildesley, President, Royal Society of Chemistry
  • 12 January 2016: Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG, President, the Learned Society of Wales, Professor Dame Helen Wallace DBE, CMG, FBA, Europe Liaison Chair, British Academy, and Mr David Walker, Head of Policy, Academy of Social Sciences
  • 12 January 2016: Professor Alex Halliday, Vice-President, Royal Society, Professor Sir Robert Lechler, FKC, President, Academy of Medical Sciences, and Professor Ric Parker CBE FREng, Director of Research and Technology, Rolls-Royce plc, representing the Royal Academy of Engineering
  • 19 January 2016: Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow, President, Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent, Professor Sir Peter Downes, Convenor of Universities Scotland and Principal & Vice-Chancellor, University of Dundee, and Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Chair of the Russell group’s EU Advisory Group, and Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge
  • 19 January 2016: Professor Dame Anne Glover, Vice-Principal External Affairs and Dean for Europe, University of Aberdeen
  • 26 January 2016: Professor John Latham, Board Member, Innovate UK and Vice Chancellor, Coventry University, Ms Felicity Burch, Senior Economist, EEF – The Manufacturers’ Organisation
  • 26 January 2016: Dr David Hughes, Global Head of Technology Scouting, Syngenta, Mr Steve Bates, Chief Executive Officer, BioIndustry Association
  • 9 February 2016: Professor Dame Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist, Met Office and member of the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) High Level Group; Professor John Womersley, Chief Scientific Officer, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Chair, European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFR); and Mr Stuart Pritchard, Head of EU Affairs, Wellcome Trust
  • 9 February 2016: Professor Siegfried Russwurm, Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG, and Mr Juergen Maier, Chief Executive Officer, Siemens UK
  • 23 February 2016: Professor Robin Grimes, Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • 1 March 2016: Dr Mike Galsworthy, Scientists for EU, Professor Angus Dalgleish, Scientists for Britain, and Mr Emran Mian, Director, Social Market Foundation
  • 1 March 2016: Professor Philippe Moreillon, Vice Rector, Research and International Relations, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 8 March 2016: Mr Jo Johnson, MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS); Professor Sir Mark Walport FMedSci FRS, Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Government Office for Science; and Mr Gareth Davies, Director General for Business and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)