The Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee was a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee was to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, any associated public bodies and the government office for science.
The committee was dissolved on 30 September 2009 and replaced by the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee following the merging of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills into the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. [1] The committee was officially replaced by the Science and Technology Select Committee, which was re-established on 1 October 2009 and is made up of the same membership as the old Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills select committee.
The membership of the committee at its time of dissolution were:
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Willis MP, (Chair) | Liberal Democrat | Harrogate and Knaresborough | ||
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP | Labour | City of Durham | ||
| Tim Boswell MP | Conservative | Daventry | ||
| Ian Cawsey MP | Labour | Brigg and Goole | ||
| Nadine Dorries MP | Conservative | Mid-Bedfordshire | ||
| Dr Ian Gibson MP | Labour | Norwich North | ||
| Dr Evan Harris MP | Liberal Democrat | Oxford West and Abingdon | ||
| Dr Brian Iddon MP | Labour | Bolton South East | ||
| Gordon Marsden MP | Labour | Blackpool South | ||
| Bob Spink MP | Independent | Castle Point | ||
| Ian Stewart MP | Labour | Eccles | ||
| Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Manchester Blackley | ||
| Dr Desmond Turner MP | Labour | Brighton Kemptown | ||
| Rob Wilson MP | Conservative | Reading East | ||
Source: Parliament Website