Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Research integrity

Witnesses Professor Sir Mark Walport, Chief Executive, UK Research and Innovation

Inquiry Brexit science and innovation Summit inquiry

Witnesses Sam Gyimah MP, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, and Amanda Dickins, Deputy Director, EU Exit: Science and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Inquiry Biometric Strategy and Forensic Services inquiry

Witnesses Dr Gillian Tully, Forensic Science Regulator; Baroness Williams of Trafford, Minister for Countering Extremism, and Christophe Prince, Director for Data and Identity, Home Office

Inquiry Algorithms in decision-making inquiry

Witnesses Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner; Margot James MP, Minister for Digital and Creative Industries, Oliver Buckley, Deputy Director, Digital Charter and Data Ethics, and Andrew Elliot, Data Protection Bill Manager, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Inquiry Algorithms in decision-making inquiry

Witnesses Dr Dominic King, Senior Staff Research Scientist and Clinical Lead, DeepMind Health, Dr Ian Hudson, Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Professor Harry Hemingway, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, and Eleonora Harwich, Head of Digital and Tech Innovation, Reform

Inquiry Pre-appointment hearing for MRC and UKRI Chairs inquiry

Witnesses Professor Fiona Watt, preferred candidate for Executive Chair, Medical Research Council, and Sir John Kingman, preferred candidate for Chair, UK Research and Innovation

Inquiry Research integrity

Witnesses Professor Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of Trustees, and James Parry, Chief Executive, UK Research Integrity Office; Dr Tony Peatfield, Director of Corporate Affairs, Medical Research Council, and Chairman, RCUK Good Research Conduct Network, and Dr Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy, Higher Education Funding Council for England; Professor Jonathan Montgomery, Chair, Health Research Authority

Inquiry E-cigarettes inquiry

Witnesses Professor Peter Hajek, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, Professor Mark Conner, Professor in Applied Social Psychology, University of Leeds, and Professor Riccardo Polosa, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Catania; Dr Lion Shahab, Senior Lecturer Health Psychology, University College London, Dr Jamie Brown, Deputy Director, Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group University College London, and Professor Paul Aveyard, Co-ordinating Editor, The Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group

Inquiry Algorithms in decision-making inquiry

Witnesses Martin Wattenberg, Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google AI team, Charles Butterworth, Managing Director for UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Experian, Dr. M-H. Carolyn Nguyen, Director of Technology Policy, Microsoft, and Nick Pickles, Head of Public Policy UK and Israel, Twitter; Sheena Urwin, Head of Criminal Justice, Durham Constabulary, and Professor Kate Bowers, Academic Director, UCL Jill Dando Institute

Inquiry Research integrity

Witnesses Dr Ivan Oransky, Co-Founder, Retraction Watch, and Distinguished Writer in Residence, New York University Arthur Carter Journalism Institute, and Professor C.K. Gunsalus, Director, US National Center for Professional and Research Ethics (via video-link); Dr Ben Goldacre, DataLab, Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Dr Simon Kolstoe, Senior Lecturer and University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth, and Independent chair of Hampshire A (NHS) and MOD research ethics committees, and Síle Lane, Head of International Campaigns and Policy, Sense about Science

Inquiry Genomics and genome editing in the NHS inquiry

Witnesses Dr Hilary Burton, Consultant in Public Health, PHG Foundation, Professor Sian Ellard, Clinical Programme Director, South West NHS Genomic Medicine Centre, and Fiona Murphy, Director, National Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland, and Member of the Scottish Genomes Partnership; Lord O’Shaughnessy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England, and Professor Patrick Chinnery, Professor of Neurology, Cambridge University

Inquiry Research integrity

Witnesses Professor David Hand, Royal Statistical Society, Dr Damian Pattinson, Vice President of Publishing Innovation, Research Square, and Wendy Appleby, Registrar and Head of Student & Registry Services, University College London; Dr Trish Groves, Director of Academic Outreach, BMJ, Dr Elizabeth Moylan, Senior Editor for Peer Review Strategy and Innovation, BioMedCentral (representing the Committee on Publication Ethics), Catriona Fennell, Director of Publishing Services, Elsevier (representing The Publishers Association), and Dr Alyson Fox, Director of Grants Management, Wellcome Trust

Inquiry Algorithms in decision-making inquiry

Witnesses Hetan Shah, Executive Director, Royal Statistical Society, Professor Nick Jennings, Royal Academy of Engineering, Dr Adrian Weller, Turing Fellow, Alan Turing Institute, and Professor Louise Amoore, Durham University; Silkie Carlo, Senior Advocacy Officer, Liberty, Dr Sandra Wachter, Lawyer and Researcher in Data Ethics, AI, and Robotics at the Oxford Internet Institute, and Dr Pavel Klimov, Chair of the Law Society’s Technology and the Law Group

Inquiry Research integrity

Witnesses Professor Dorothy Bishop, University of Oxford, Dr Arnaud Vaganay, Director, Meta-Lab, and Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, former Chair, Steering Group on the Culture of Scientific Research, Nuffield Council on Bioethics; Dr Elizabeth Wager, Publications Consultant, Sideview, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Universities UK Research Policy Network, Professor Ian Walmsley, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research Working Group, Russell Group, and Dr Peter Wilmshurst, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Stoke University Hospital

Inquiry Science budget and Industrial Strategy inquiry

Witnesses Rebecca Endean, Strategy Director, UK Research and Innovation, Professor Richard Jones, Professor of Physics, University of Sheffield, Professor Paul Boyle, Chair, Research Policy Network, Universities UK, and Alun Evans, Chief Executive, British Academy; Dr Ruth McKernan, Chief Executive, Innovate UK, David Connell, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, Tom Thackray, Director for Innovation, CBI, and Tom Morrison-Bell, Head of Public Affairs, techUK

Inquiry Genomics and genome editing in the NHS inquiry

Witnesses Dr Magdalini Papadaki, Head of Product and Process Innovation, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, and Professor Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford; Dr Mark Kroese, Chair, Diagnostics Advisory Committee, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Professor Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer for England, NHS England, and Professor William Newman, Vice Chair, British Society for Genetic Medicine

Inquiry Government Office for Science Annual Report (and work of the Chief Scientific Adviser network) inquiry

Witnesses Professor Chris Whitty, Interim Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Government Office for Science, Professor Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development, and Professor John Aston, Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office

Inquiry Work of the Science Minister inquiry

Witnesses Joseph Johnson MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, and Sharon Ellis, Director, International Science and Innovation, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Inquiry The Draft Spaceflight Bill inquiry

Witnesses Stuart Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Satellite Applications Catapult, Stuart McIntyre, Chief Executive Officer, Orbital Access, and Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Group Executive Chairman, SSTL; Tim Johnson, Policy Director, and Jeremy Stubbs, Programme Manager, Commercial Space Operations, Civil Aviation Authority, Rebecca Evernden, Director of Policy, and Dr Richard Crowther, Chief Engineer, UK Space Agency

Inquiry Genomics and genome-editing inquiry

Witnesses Professor Waseem Qasim, Professor of Cell and Gene Therapy, Institute of Child Health, Alastair Kent, Director, Genetic Alliance UK, and Dr Kathy Niakan, Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute; Dr Andy Greenfield, Programme Leader, Medical Research Council's Harwell Institute, Robin Lovell-Badge, Senior Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute, James Lawford Davies, Partner, Hempsons, and Philippa Taylor, Head of Public Policy, Christian Medical Fellowship