Summary
‘The Last Report’ (HC 1108) is the
final report from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.
On 28 June 2007, the Prime Minister announced changes to the
machinery of Government that had an impact upon the select committee system
within the House of Commons. As a result, the Science and Technology Select
Committee will be dissolved and replaced by a new Innovation, Universities and
Skills Select Committee at the beginning of the next session of Parliament.
This Report explains the role that the Science and Technology Committee
has played within Parliament and the science community. It outlines the
Committee's innovations, its impact and concerns regarding future science
scrutiny in the House of Commons.
It concludes that, in the long term, a
separate Science and Technology Committee is the only way to guarantee a
permanent focus on science across Government within the select committee system
and recommends that the House be given an opportunity to revisit this issue.
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