Category Archives: STEM MPs

Scientific Expertise on the S&T Committee

Last week saw the announcement of the eleven new members of the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee. The new chair of the Committee, Andrew Miller, blogged for CaSE on what he sees as the major challenges facing the committee.
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Science & Technology in the new House of Commons

Andrew Miller MP is the newly elected Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee I am delighted to have been elected as Chair of the Science and Technology Committee. I am sure readers will be interested to know that I was a member of Save British Science, and remain a [...]
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Science, the New Parliament & the Budget

Science and the New Parliament preceded (and slightly overlapped with) the budget today. It was organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) with the support of many other organisations, including CaSE. Speakers came from across science and engineering to discuss the importance of working together with parliament and government to develop public policy. Imran Khan, CaSE Director, outlined CaSE’s [...]
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MPs to Watch

CaSE has developed a list of those MPs with an interest or background in science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) who have been re-elected or newly elected to Parliament. We have now written to these MPs, inviting them to engage with science and engineering issues.  If you wish to give us any feedback on the [...]
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