# Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee

The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The original Science and Technology Committee was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee on 6 November 2007. However, just 19 months later, the government announced that it was re-establishing the committee following the recommendation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee after the merging of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in June 2009. The House of Commons approved the re-establishment of the committee on 25 June 2009. The committee was officially re-established on 1 October 2009 and has a remit to examine the work of the Government Office for Science. The committee currently scrutinises the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, headed by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle.

## 21st Report – Balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending
### Terms of Reference

In May 2018, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) published its Strategic Prospectus, which represents "the beginning of the process to develop a detailed Research and Innovation Strategy". It states that "We will work with Government to develop a plan for meeting this target [to increase the UK's investment in research and development to 2.4% of GDP by 2027, and in the future to 3%, maximising the impact of public investment in research and innovation, and supporting business and other partners to invest more". It envisages ongoing work on "what constitutes reasonable balance" of its funding. Against that background, the committee undertook an inquiry on the balance and effectiveness of research and innovation spending.

## Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:

### 2024–present Parliament

| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Chi Onwurah MP (Chair) | Labour | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Emily Darlington MP | Labour | Milton Keynes Central |
| George Freeman MP | Conservative | Mid Norfolk |
| Allison Gardner MP | Labour | Stoke-on-Trent South |
| Tom Gordon MP | Liberal Democrats | Harrogate and Knaresborough |
| Kit Malthouse MP | Conservative | North West Hampshire |
| Jon Pearce MP | Labour | High Peak |
| Steve Race MP | Labour | Exeter |
| Lauren Sullivan MP | Labour | Gravesham |
| Adam Thompson MP | Labour | Erewash |
| Martin Wrigley MP | Liberal Democrats | Newton Abbot |

#### Changes since 2024

| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source |
| 9 December 2024 | | Josh Simons MP (Labour) | Makerfield | → | | Jon Pearce MP (Labour) | High Peak | Hansard |

### 2019–2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.
| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Greg Clark MP (Chair) | Conservative | Tunbridge Wells |
| Aaron Bell MP | Conservative | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Chris Clarkson MP | Conservative | Heywood and Middleton |
| Katherine Fletcher MP | Conservative | South Ribble |
| Andrew Griffith MP | Conservative | Arundel and South Downs |
| Darren Jones MP | Labour | Bristol North West |
| Mark Logan MP | Conservative | Bolton North East |
| Carol Monaghan MP | SNP | Glasgow North West |
| Chi Onwurah MP | Labour | Newcastle upon Tyne Central |
| Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton |
| Zarah Sultana MP | Labour | Coventry South |

#### Changes 2019–2024

| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source |
| 11 May 2020 | | Chi Onwurah MP (Labour) | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | → | | Dawn Butler MP (Labour) | Brent Central | Hansard |
| 22 February 2021 | | Darren Jones MP (Labour) | Bristol North West | → | | Rebecca Long-Bailey MP (Labour) | Salford and Eccles | Hansard |
| 19 October 2021 | | Andrew Griffith MP (Conservative) | Arundel and South Downs | → | | Dehenna Davison MP (Conservative) | Bishop Auckland | Hansard |
| 17 May 2022 | | Mark Logan MP (Conservative) | Bolton North East | → | | Tracey Crouch MP (Conservative) | Chatham and Aylesford | Hansard |
| 13 July 2022 | | Greg Clark MP (Chair, Conservative) | Tunbridge Wells | → | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Hansard |
| 11 October 2022 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Greg Clark MP (Chair, Conservative) | Tunbridge Wells | Hansard |
| 25 October 2022 | | Dehenna Davison MP (Conservative) | Bishop Auckland | → | | Stephen Metcalfe MP (Conservative) | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Hansard |
| 25 October 2022 | | Katherine Fletcher MP (Conservative) | South Ribble | → | | Iain Stewart MP (Conservative) | Milton Keynes South | Hansard |
| 29 November 2022 | | Zarah Sultana MP (Labour) | Coventry South | → | | Christian Wakeford MP (Labour) | Bury South | Hansard |
| 9 January 2023 | | Iain Stewart MP (Conservative) | Milton Keynes South | → | | Katherine Fletcher MP (Conservative) | South Ribble | Hansard |
| 11 December 2023 | | Aaron Bell MP (Conservative) | Newcastle-under-Lyme | → | | James Davies MP (Conservative) | Vale of Clwyd | Hansard |

### 2017–2019 Parliament

The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Norman Lamb MP (Chair) | Liberal Democrat | North Norfolk |
| Vicky Ford MP | Conservative | Chelmsford |
| Bill Grant MP | Conservative | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
| Darren Jones MP | Labour | Bristol North West |
| Liz Kendall MP | Labour | Leicester West |
| Stephen Metcalfe MP | Conservative | South Basildon and East Thurrock |
| Carol Monaghan MP | SNP | Glasgow North West |
| Damien Moore MP | Conservative | Southport |
| Neil O'Brien MP | Conservative | Harborough |
| Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton |
| Martin Whitfield MP | Labour | East Lothian |

#### Changes 2017–2019

| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source |
| 16 October 2017 | New seat | New seat | New seat | → | Vicky Ford MP (Conservative) | Chelmsford | Hansard |
| 16 October 2017 | New seat | New seat | New seat | → | Adam Holloway MP (Conservative) | Gravesham | Hansard |
| 16 October 2017 | New seat | New seat | New seat | → | Stephanie Peacock MP (Labour) | Barnsley East | Hansard |
| 4 December 2017 | | Stephanie Peacock MP (Labour) | Barnsley East | → | Carol Monaghan MP (SNP) | Glasgow North West | Hansard |
| 22 January 2018 | | Adam Holloway MP (Conservative) | Gravesham | → | Damien Moore MP (Conservative) | Southport | Hansard |
| 27 March 2018 | | Clive Lewis MP (Labour) | Norwich South | → | Liz Kendall MP (Labour) | Leicester West | Hansard |
| 21 January 2019 | | Neil O'Brien MP (Conservative) | Harborough | → | Sam Gyimah MP (Conservative) | East Surrey | Hansard |

### 2015–2017 Parliament

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.
| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Nicola Blackwood MP (Chair) | Conservative | Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Victoria Borwick MP | Conservative | Kensington |
| Jim Dowd MP | Labour | Lewisham West and Penge |
| Chris Green MP | Conservative | Bolton West |
| Liz McInnes MP | Labour | Heywood and Middleton |
| Dr Tania Mathias MP | Conservative | Twickenham |
| Carol Monaghan MP | SNP | Glasgow North West |
| Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton |
| Derek Thomas MP | Conservative | St Ives |
| Matt Warman MP | Conservative | Boston and Skegness |
| Daniel Zeichner MP | Labour | Cambridge |

#### Changes 2015–2017

| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source |
| 26 October 2015 | | Liz McInnes MP (Labour) | Heywood and Middleton | → | | Stella Creasy MP (Labour and Co-op) | Walthamstow | Hansard |
| 26 October 2015 | | Daniel Zeichner MP (Labour) | Cambridge | → | | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | Hansard |
| 18 July 2016 | | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | → | | Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP (Labour) | City of Durham | Hansard |
| 19 July 2016 | | Nicola Blackwood MP (Conservative) | Oxford West and Abingdon | → | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Hansard |
| 19 October 2016 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Stephen Metcalfe MP (Chair) (Conservative) | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Hansard |
| 13 March 2017 | | Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP (Labour) | City of Durham | → | | Gareth Snell MP (Labour and Co-op) | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Hansard |

### 2010–2015 Parliament

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.
| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Andrew Miller MP (Chair) | Labour | Ellesmere Port and Neston |
| Gavin Barwell MP | Conservative | Croydon Central |
| Gregg McClymont MP | Labour | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East |
| Stephen Metcalfe MP | Conservative | South Basildon and East Thurrock |
| David Morris MP | Conservative | Morecambe and Lunesdale |
| Stephen Mosley MP | Conservative | City of Chester |
| Pamela Nash MP | Labour | Airdrie and Shotts |
| Jonathan Reynolds MP | Labour and Co-op | Stalybridge and Hyde |
| Alok Sharma MP | Conservative | Reading West |
| Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton |
| Roger Williams MP | Liberal Democrat | Brecon and Radnorshire |

#### Changes 2010–2015

| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source |
| 14 February 2011 | | Alok Sharma MP (Conservative) | Reading West | → | | Stephen McPartland MP (Conservative) | Stevenage | Hansard |
| 27 February 2012 | | Gavin Barwell MP (Conservative) | Croydon Central | → | | Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative) | Gosport | Hansard |
| 27 February 2012 | | Stephen McPartland MP (Conservative) | Stevenage | → | | Gareth Johnson MP (Conservative) | Dartford | Hansard |
| 27 February 2012 | | David Morris MP (Conservative) | Morecambe and Lunesdale | → | | Sarah Newton MP (Conservative) | Truro and Falmouth | Hansard |
| 27 February 2012 | | Gregg McClymont MP (Labour) | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | → | | Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru) | Arfon | Hansard |
| 11 June 2012 | | Jonathan Reynolds MP (Labour Co-op) | Stalybridge and Hyde | → | | Jim Dowd MP (Labour) | Lewisham West and Penge | Hansard |
| 3 December 2012 | | Gareth Johnson MP (Conservative) | Dartford | → | | David Morris MP (Conservative) | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Hansard |
| 4 February 2013 | | Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative) | Gosport | → | | David Tredinnick MP (Conservative) | Bosworth | Hansard |
| 25 November 2013 | | Roger Williams MP (Liberal Democrats) | Brecon and Radnorshire | → | | David Heath MP (Liberal Democrats) | Somerton and Frome | Hansard |
| 20 October 2014 | | Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru) | Arfon | → | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Hansard |
| 24 November 2014 | | David Morris MP (Conservative) | Morecambe and Lunesdale | → | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Hansard |
| 1 December 2014 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Dan Byles MP (Conservative) | North Warwickshire | Hansard |