Oral evidence transcripts

Work Work of the Science Minister (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Lord Vallance (Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), and Alexandra Jones (Director General for Science at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Inquiry Innovation showcase

Work AI and copyright (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Professional Publishers Association, Max Richter (composer), and Financial Times

Work AI and copyright (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Human Native AI, Liccium B.V., and Startup Coalition

Work Government Chief Scientific Adviser and departmental Chief Scientific Advisers (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Defence, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Professor Tamsin Mather (Senior Strategic Scientist at Ministry of Defence)

Inquiry Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms

Witnesses Zara Mohammed (Secretary General at Muslim Council of Britain), Ravishaan Muthiah (Director of Communications at Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants), and Kelly Chequer (Councillor at Sunderland City Council)

Inquiry Innovation showcase

Witnesses Professor Sebastien Ourselin (Professor of Healthcare Engineering at Head of School, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Kings College London)

Work Work of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Non-inquiry session)

Inquiry Innovation, growth and the regions

Witnesses Professor Irene Tracey CBE (Vice-Chancellor at The University of Oxford), Dr David McBeth (Vice-Principal (Enterprise & Economic Transformation) at Dundee University), and Professor Ashutosh Tiwari FREng (Deputy Vice-President for Innovation at The University of Sheffield)

Inquiry Innovation showcase

Witnesses Lisa Johnson (Vice President, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs (Global) at Starship Technologies)

Work Innovation and eradicating diseases (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Professor David Lalloo (Vice-Chancellor at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Dr Lisa Stockdale (Senior Immunologist at The Jenner Institute), Professor Siddharthan Chandran (Director at The UK Dementia Research Institute), Dr Simon Stott (Director of Research at Cure Parkinson's), Professor Ketan Patel (Chief Scientist at Cancer Research UK), and Dr Julie Torode (Director of Strategic Partnerships at Institute of Cancer Policy, Kings College London)

Inquiry Innovation showcase

Witnesses Marie Labus (CEO at AMLo Biosciences)

Work Budget 2024 (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Professor Adrian Smith (President at Royal Society), Professor Karen Holford (Vice-Chancellor and Universities UK Board Member at Cranfield University), and Professor Richard Jones (Vice-President for Regional Innovation and Civic Engagement at University of Manchester)

Work Commercialising Research (Non-inquiry session)

Inquiry UK Astronomy

Witnesses Dr Jessica Dempsey (Director at ASTRON (the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)), and Professor Dr Michael Kramer (Director and Scientific member at Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy)

Inquiry Cyber resilience of the UK's critical national infrastructure

Inquiry UK Astronomy

Inquiry Commercialising quantum technologies

Inquiry UK Astronomy

Work The UK and CERN (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Dr Pippa Wells (Deputy Director for research and computing and Management liaison for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at CERN), and Christopher Hartley (Head of Industry, Procurement and Knowledge Transfer Department at CERN)