Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry The antimicrobial potential of bacteriophages

Witnesses Dr Jean-Paul Pirnay (Head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Technology at Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels), Dr Mzia Kutateladze (Director at George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology), Professor Jon Iredell (Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research), Professor Robert Schooley (Professor of Division of Infectious Diseases at UC San Diego School of Medicine), Greg Merril (Chief Operating Officer at Adaptive Phage Therapeutics), Dr Hans Petter Kleppen (Chief Science Officer at ACD Pharma), and Naomi Zak (Founder at BiomX)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Governance of artificial intelligence (AI)

Witnesses Professor Andrew Hopkins (Chief Executive at Exscientia), Professor Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes (Professor of Biomedical Computing at University College London, and Adjunct Professor of Paediatrics at University of Ibadjan), and Professor Mihaela van der Schaar (John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Medicine, and Director at Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine, Cambridge University)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure

Witnesses Patrick McCall (Non-executive Director at Space Forge Ltd), Joshua Western (CEO at Space Forge Ltd), Dan Hart (CEO at Virgin Orbit), Melissa Quinn (Head at Spaceport Cornwall), Sir Stephen Hillier CBE (Chair at Civil Aviation Authority), Tim Johnson (Policy Director at Civil Aviation Authority), and Ian Annett (Deputy CEO at UK Space Agency)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Governance of artificial intelligence (AI)

Witnesses Adrian Joseph (Chief Data and AI Officer at BT Group), Jen Gennai (Director, Responsible Innovation at Google), Hugh Milward (General Manager, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs at Microsoft UK), Professor Dame Wendy Hall (Regius Professor of Computer Science at University of Southampton), and Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt (Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science and Principal at University of Oxford)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry The antimicrobial potential of bacteriophages

Witnesses Professor Martha Clokie (Professor of Microbiology at University of Leicester), Professor Cath Rees (Professor of Microbiology at University of Nottingham), Professor Joanne M. Santini (Professor of Microbiology at University College London), Dr Josh Jones (Clinical Phage Specialist at NHS Tayside), Dr James Soothill (Consultant Microbiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital Laboratory Medicine), Ms Stephanie Lesage (Co-Founder/Director and Chief Executive Officer at Oxford Silk Phage Technologies Ltd), and Mr David Browning (Chief Executive Officer at Fixed Phage LTD)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Governance of artificial intelligence (AI)

Witnesses Professor Michael Osborne (Professor of Machine Learning and co-founder at University of Oxford and Mind Foundry), Michael Cohen (DPhil candidate in Engineering Science at University of Oxford), Mrs Katherine Holden (Head of Data Analytics, AI and Digital Identity at techUK), and Dr Manish Patel (CEO at Jiva.ai)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Delivering nuclear power

Witnesses Simon Bowen (Industry Adviser at Great British Nuclear), Mark Foy (Chief Executive & Chief Nuclear Inspector at Office for Nuclear Regulation), David Peattie (Chief Executive Officer at Nuclear Decommissioning Authority), Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP (Minister for Energy and Climate at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), and Declan Burke (Director, Nuclear Projects and Development at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Delivering nuclear power

Witnesses Dr Robin Taylor (Senior Research Fellow at National Nuclear Laboratory), Professor Claire Corkhill (Member at Committee on Radioactive Waste Management), Professor Katherine Morris (Lead for Nuclear Environment and Waste Theme at Dalton Nuclear Institute), Claes Thegerström (Former President at Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co), Janne Mokka (President and CEO at Posiva Oy), Clive Nixon (Group Chief Nuclear Strategy Officer at Nuclear Decommissioning Authority), and Corhyn Parr (Chief Executive Officer at Nuclear Waste Services)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Delivering nuclear power

Witnesses Dr Fiona Rayment OBE (Chief Scientific Officer at National Nuclear Laboratory), and Josh Buckland (Partner at Flint Global)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Work R&D Statistics (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Mike Keoghan (Deputy National Statistician for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics at Office for National Statistics), Darren Morgan (Director of Economic Statistics Production and Analysis at Office for National Statistics), Chris McDonald (Policy Chair for Innovation and Enterprise at Federation of Small Businesses), and Stian Westlake (Chief Executive at Royal Statistical Society)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Coronavirus: lessons learnt

Witnesses Professor Sir John Bell (Regius Professor of Medicine at University of Oxford), Dr Dame Jenny Harries OBE (Chief Executive at UK Health and Security Agency), Dr Thomas Waite (Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Department for Health and Social Care), Neil O'Brien (Minister for Primary Care and Public Health at Department for Health and Social Care), Michelle Dyson (Director General, Adult Social Care at Department for Health and Social Care), Clara Swinson (Director General, Global Health at Department for Health and Social Care), and Dame Kate Bingham (Chair (May-December 2020) at UK Vaccine Taskforce)

Committees Science and Technology Committee, and Health and Social Care Committee

Inquiry Delivering nuclear power

Witnesses Gethin Jenkins (Head of Safety and Licensing at Last Energy), Tom Samson (CEO at Rolls-Royce SMR), John Eldridge (Principal Engineer at U-Battery), Dr Fiona Rayment OBE (Chief Scientific Officer at National Nuclear Laboratory), Dr Ian Scott (Chief Scientist at MoltexFLEX Limited), Tim Abram (Westinghouse Chair in Nuclear Fuel Technology at University of Manchester), and Laurent Odeh (Chief Commercial Officer at Urenco)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Delivering nuclear power

Witnesses Michelle Catts (Senior Vice President, Nuclear Programs at GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Michael Drury (Managing Director of UK Operation at Terrestrial Energy), Dawn James (Vice-President of Nuclear Power at Jacobs), Dr Tim Stone CBE (Chairman at Nuclear Industry Association), James Richardson (Chief Economist at National Infrastructure Commission), Ivan Baldwin (Business Development Director at Bechtel), and Corhyn Parr (Chair at Nuclear Skills Strategy Group)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry Delivering nuclear power

Witnesses Professor Paul Norman (Professor of Nuclear Physics and Energy Director at Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research), Professor Michael Grubb (Professor of Energy and Climate Change at University College London), Professor Laurence Williams OBE (Visiting Professor at Imperial College London), Professor Francis Livens (Director at Dalton Institute), Dr Paul Dorfman (Chair at Nuclear Consulting Group), Julia Pyke (Sizewell C Director of Finance at EDF), and Paul Spence (Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs at EDF)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry My Science Inquiry

Witnesses Andrea Lucard (Executive Vice President at Medicines for Malaria Ventures), James Dowden (Associate Professor in Synthetic Chemistry at University of Nottingham), James Ebdon (Member at Applied Microbiology International (formerly Society for Applied Microbiology)), Louise Jones (Chair of the Genomics and Reproductive Science Specialist Advisory Committee at The Royal College of Pathologists Digital Pathology Committee), and Dr Sarah Gordon (Chief Executive Officer at Satarla)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Work R&D Policy one-off (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses David Connell (Senior Research Associate at University of Cambridge Judge Business School), Nickola Eckersley-Waites (Head of Innovation at Confederation of British Industry (CBI)), Hetan Shah (Chief Executive at British Academy), Professor Sarah Main (Executive Director at Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE)), Vivenne Stern (Chief Executive at Universities UK), Ms Nusrat Ghani (Minister for Science and Investment Security at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Alexandra Jones (Director of Science, Research and Innovation at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), and Harriet Wallace (Director, International Research and Innovation at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Work Evidence base of Parole Board decisions (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Parole Board, Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, HM Prison and Probation Service, Professor Stephen Shute (Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at University of Sussex), John Podmore (Honorary Professor, School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University), Professor Seena Fazel (Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University), and Dr Ruth Tully (Consultant Forensic Psychologist and Clinical Lead at Tully Forensic Psychology)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Work Pre-appointment hearing: Research England Executive Chair (Pre-appointment hearing)

Witnesses Professor Dame Jessica Corner

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Work Unlocking the potential of agricultural science and technology (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Royal Horticultural Society, Rothamsted Research, Crop Health and Protection, Agrimetrics, Professor Louise Fresco (Former President of the Executive Board at Wageningen University and Research Centre), and Ismahane Elouafi (Chief Scientist at Food and Agriculture Organisation)

Committees Science and Technology Committee

Inquiry The role of technology, research and innovation in the COVID-19 recovery

Witnesses Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas (Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science at Queens University Belfast), Tim Brundle (Director of Research & Impact at Ulster University), Matthew Malcolm (Creative Industries Development Officer at Arts Council of Northern Ireland), Professor Paul Moore (Director at Future Screens Northern Ireland), Jack Morrow (Chief Technology Officer at RETìníZE), Keith Forster (Director of Strategic Policy at Northern Ireland Department for the Economy), Gordon Lyons MLA (Minister at Northern Ireland Department for the Economy), and Eoin McFadden (Head of Innovation Strategy Unit at Northern Ireland Department for the Economy)

Committees Science and Technology Committee