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Science and Technology Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Science and Technology Committee is appointed to consider science and technology. It does this principally through undertaking inquiries.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report - Don’t fail to scale: seizing the opportunity of engineering biology
Inquiry Engineering biology
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Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation response to Don’t fail to scale: seizing the opportunity of engineering biology
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Government response to Don’t fail to scale: seizing the opportunity of engineering biology
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1st Report - Long-duration energy storage: get on with it
Inquiry Long-duration energy storage
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Government response to Long-duration energy storage: get on with it
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2nd Report - The neglected pollutants: the effects of artificial light and noise on human health
Inquiry The effects of artificial light and noise on human health
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Government response to The neglected pollutants: the effects of artificial light and noise on human health
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Correspondence

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Letter from Lord Mair to Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister; Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Home Secretary; Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Vallance of Balham, Minister for Science, ref visas for STEM talent
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Letter from Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Parliamentary Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology ref publication of DSIT's R&D allocations for 2025/26
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Letter from Lord Vallance of Balham, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, ref the announcement of health data initiative
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Oral evidence transcripts

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22 April 2025
Inquiry Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry
Witnesses Sir John Bell (President at Ellison Institute of Technology)
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22 April 2025
Inquiry Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry
Witnesses Sir Paul Nurse (Chief Executive and Director at The Francis Crick Institute)
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1 April 2025
Inquiry Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry
Witnesses Angus Hanton, and Stian Westlake
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Written evidence

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Lynne McClure (Chair at Academy for the Mathematical Sciences' Education Workstream) (MTS0002)
Work Maths education (Non-inquiry session)
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Campaign for Mathematical Sciences (MTS0001)
Work Maths education (Non-inquiry session)
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Professor Joanne Santini (Professor of Microbiology at University College London (UCL)) (APB0001)
Work The antimicrobial potential of bacteriophages (Non-inquiry session)
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
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Declarations of interest
Members of the House of Lords must declare relevant interests in committee work.
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Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
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Other documents
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Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

Contact us

  • Email: hlscience@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 5750 (committee staff) | 020 7219 1692 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Science and Technology Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW