The UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (P&SC) is a
United Kingdom
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parliamentary organization established in 1939. It is an
all-party parliamentary group
An all-party parliamentary group (APPG) is a grouping in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that is composed of members of parliament from all political parties, but have no official status within Parliament.
Description and functions
All-party ...
.
Overview
The P&SC provides a forum for scientific and technological issues in the UK. It enables a link between
UK parliament
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative supremac ...
arians, scientific bodies, science-based industry, and academia. The committee informs members of both the UK parliament
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
and the
House of Lords
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on matters pertaining to
public interest
The public interest is "the welfare or well-being of the general public" and society.
Overview
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and national policy development.
Officers
The following are officers of the P&SC:
* President:
The Lord Oxburgh KBE FRS
* Chairman:
Stephen Metcalfe MP
* Deputy Chairman:
Chi Onwurah MP
* Hon Treasurer:
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough
* Hon Secretary:
Carol Monaghan
Carol Monaghan (born 2 August 1972) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North West in the general election in May 2015. She is the SNP Education spokesperson in the House of Commo ...
MP
See also
*
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) is the Parliament of the United Kingdom's in-house source of independent, balanced and accessible analysis of public policy issues related to science and technology. POST serves both Hous ...
(POST)
*
Safety-Critical Systems Club (SCSC)
References
External links
P&SC website
1939 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1939
Scientific organisations based in the United Kingdom
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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