Inquiry GM foods and application of the precautionary principle in Europe
Witnesses Professor Paul Nightingale, Deputy Director, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Professor Andy Stirling, Co-director, STEPS Centre, University of Sussex, Professor Joyce Tait, Director, Innogen Institute, University of Edinburgh, and Sir Roland Jackson, Member, Nuffield Council on Bioethics; Professor Sir Mark Walport, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government and Head of the Government Office for Science
Inquiry GM foods and application of the precautionary principle in Europe
Witnesses Professor Helen Sang, Fellow, Society of Biology, Professor Michael Bevan, Programme Leader, Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, and Dr Paul Burrows, Executive Director, Corporate Policy and Strategy, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; Dr Mike Bushell, Principle Scientific Adviser, Syngenta, Dr Julian Little, Chair, Agricultural Biotechnology Council, and Dr Geoff Mackey, Sustainable Development and Communications Director, BASF Europe North
Inquiry GM foods and application of the precautionary principle in Europe
Witnesses Síle Lane, Director of Campaigns, Sense About Science, Dr Jack Stilgoe, Lecturer in Social Studies of Science, University College London, and Professor Brian Wynne, Professor of Science Studies, Lancaster University; Sue Davies, Chief Policy Adviser, Which?, and Jon Woolven, Strategy and Innovation Director, Institute of Grocery Distribution; Dr Helen Ferrier, Chief Science and Regulatory Affairs Adviser, National Farmers' Union, Peter Melchett, Policy Director, The Soil Association, and Professor Ian Crute, Non-Executive Director, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Inquiry GM foods and application of the precautionary principle in Europe
Witnesses Professor Ottoline Leyser, Fellow, The Royal Society, Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Regius Professor of Botany, University of Cambridge, Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist and Policy Director, Greenpeace UK, and Liz O’Neill, Director, GM Freeze.
Witnesses Professor Doug Turnbull, Director, Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research,Professor Peter Braude, King's College London, Professor Robin Lovell Badge, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Dr Edward Morrow, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sussex; Peter Thompson, Chief Executive, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Robert Meadowcroft, Chief Executive, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, Professor Jonathan Montgomery, Chair, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, and Professor of Health Care Law, University College London; Jane Ellison MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Department of Health, and Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
Inquiry Practical science in schools - evidence hearing
Witnesses Janet Holloway, Head of Reform, Ofqual, Dr Steven Evans, OCR, Darren Northcott, National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers, Nicole Morgan, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Steve Jones, Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science; Michelle Meadows, Director of Research and Evaluation, Ofqual, Stella Paes, Head of Science, AQA, Max Hyde, National Union of Teachers, and Dr Elizabeth Swinbank, University of York; Dennis Opposs, Director of Standards, Ofqual, Professor Peter Main, Institute of Physics, Hilary Leevers, Head of Education and Learning, the Wellcome Trust, David Britz Colwill, Sixth Form Colleges Association, and Helen Thorne, Director of Policy and Research, UCAS; Glenys Stacey, Chief Regulator, Ofqual, Philip Britton, Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference, Sir John Holman, Council for Science and Technology, and Sarah Main, Campaign for Science and Engineering
Inquiry Practical science in schools - evidence hearing
Witnesses Professor Julia Buckingham, Chair, SCORE, Dr Sarah Main, Chief Executive Officer, Campaign for Science and Engineering, Professor Ian Haines, Executive Secretary, UK Deans of Science, and Malcolm Trobe, Deputy General Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders; Dennis Opposs, Director of Standards, Ofqual, Glenys Stacey, Chief Regulator, Ofqual, and Janet Holloway, Head of Reform, Ofqual; and Elizabeth Truss MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Childcare, Department for Education
Witnesses Jane Ellison MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Department of Health, and Professor David Walker, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, Department of Health
Witnesses Steve Wood, Head of Policy Delivery, Information Commissioner’s Office, Dr Mark Elliot, Senior Lecturer, Confidentiality and Privacy Research Issues group, University of Manchester, and Dr Kevin Macnish, Teaching Fellow and Consultant, Inter Disciplinary Applied Ethics Centre, University of Leeds; Ed Vaizey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Witnesses Owen Sharp, Chief Executive, Prostate Cancer UK, Professor Ian Cree, Yvonne Carter Professor of Pathology, Warwick Medical School, representing the Early Cancer Detection Consortium, Dr Hilary Burton, Director, PHG Foundation, and Professor Ian Jacobs, Director, PROMISE 2016; Dr Anne Mackie, Director of Programmes, UK National Screening Committee, Dr Kevin Dunbar, Director, National Chlamydia Screening Programme, Jamie Waterall, NHS Health Check National Lead, Public Health England, and Dr Sharon Hillier, Deputy Director of Screening Division, Public Health Wales.
Witnesses Robert Meadowcroft, Chief Executive, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, Professor Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of Surgery, University College, London, representing Advocates for Honesty and Transparency in Breast Screening, and Steve Hannigan, Executive Director, Children living with inherited metabolic diseases (Climb);
Síle Lane, Director of Campaigns, Sense About Science, Dr Margaret McCartney, and Dr John Middleton, Vice President for Health Policy, UK Faculty of Public Health
Witnesses Dr Richard Baker, Executive Committee Member, British Transplantation Society, Dr Mike Knapton, Associate Medical Director (Prevention & Care), British Heart Foundation, Ed Owen, Chief Executive, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, and Keith Rigg, Chair, Transplant 2013
Witnesses Professor Derek McAuley, Professor of Digital Economy in the School of Computer Science and Director of Horizon, Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute, Professor David De Roure, Director, Oxford e-Research Institute and ESRC Strategic Adviser for Data Resources, Economic and Social Research Council, and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Web Science Trust; Professor Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University, Professor David Robertson, Head of School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, representing the UK Computing Research Committee, Dr Mathieu d’Aquin, Research Fellow, the Open University, and Emma Carr, Acting Director, Big Brother Watch
Witnesses Timo Hannay, Managing Director, Digital Science, Carl Miller, Research Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos, Sureyya Cansoy, Director, Tech for Business and Consumer Programmes, techUK; Professor John Preston, Professor of Education, University of East London Professor Mick Yates, Visiting Professor, Consumer Data Research Centre, University of Leeds
Dr Ella McPherson, Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
Witnesses Professor James Neuberger, Associate Medical Director, NHS Blood and Transplant, Dr Lorna Williamson, Medical and Research Director, NHS Blood and Transplant, Dr Paul Cosford, Director for Health Protection and Medical Director, Public Health England, and Dr Katy Sinka, Consultant Epidemiologist and Head of CJD Section, Public Health England; Jane Ellison MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Department of Health, and Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
Witnesses Mark Ward and Joseph Peaty, Secretary and Head of Publicity, TaintedBlood, Liz Carroll, Chief Executive, Haemophilia Society, Dr Matthew Buckland, Chair, Medical Advisory Panel, UK Primary Immunodeficiency Network, and Consultant Immunologist, Barts Health NHS Trust, and Christine Lord; Professor Marc Turner, Chair, Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs Prion Group, and Chair, UK Blood Services Prion Working Group, Dr Roland Salmon, Acting Chair, Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens, and Dr Sheila MacLennan, Professional Director, UK Blood Services Joint Professional Advisory Committee
Witnesses Professor Jane Wardle, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London, representing the Academy of Medical Sciences, Jessica Kirby, Senior Health Information Manager, Cancer Research UK, and Dr Sian Taylor-Phillips, Senior Research Fellow, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick