Witnesses Professor Bernard Silverman, Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office, Dr Julie Maxton, Executive Director, The Royal Society; and Rt Hon Mike Penning MP, Minister for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims, Home Office
Witnesses Dr Anya Hunt, Chief Executive, Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, and Dr Gillian Tully, Forensic Science Regulator; Tom Nelson, Director of Forensic Services, Scottish Police Authority (representing the Association of Forensic Science Providers), Chief Constable Debbie Simpson, National Police Chiefs Council lead for Forensics, Gary Pugh, Director of Forensic Services, Metropolitan Police Service, and Dr Mark Pearse, Commercial Director, Government Services, LGC Forensics; Mary Calam, Director General of Crime and Policing Group, and Stephen Webb, Director of Law Enforcement Programmes, Home Office.