The Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee was a select committee of the House of Commons

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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. The remit of the Committee was to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was a UK government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the Department of Education and Skills and of the Department of Trade and Industry. In June 2009 it was merged into the newly formed Department for...

, any associated public bodies and the government office for science.

The committee was dissolved on September 30, 2009 and replaced by the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee

Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee

The Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that came into existence on 1 October 2009, replacing the Business and Enterprise Select Committee, which was dissolved on 30 September 2009...

 following the merging of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was a UK government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the Department of Education and Skills and of the Department of Trade and Industry. In June 2009 it was merged into the newly formed Department for...

 into the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform .-Ministers:The BIS...

. The committee was officially replaced by the Science and Technology Select Committee

Science and Technology Select Committee

The Science 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 was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee on November 6, 2007...

, which was re-established on October 1, 2009 and is made up of the same membership as the old Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills select committee.

Membership

The membership of the committee at its time of dissolution were:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Phil Willis Phil Willis George Philip Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, and was Member of Parliament for Harrogate and Knaresborough from 1997 until retiring at the 2010 general election...  MP, (Chair)	Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	Harrogate and Knaresborough Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency) Harrogate and Knaresborough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Roberta Blackman-Woods Professor Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the City of Durham since 2005.-Biography:...  MP	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	City of Durham
	Tim Boswell Tim Boswell Timothy Eric "Tim" Boswell, Baron Boswell of Aynho is an English Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Daventry from 1987 until he retired at the 2010 general election.-Education:...  MP	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Daventry Daventry (UK Parliament constituency) Daventry is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a strongly Conservative seat.- Boundaries :The constituency covers the west of Northamptonshire and is named for the market town of Daventry...
	Ian Cawsey Ian Cawsey Ian Arthur Cawsey is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole from 1997 until his defeat at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Brigg and Goole
	Nadine Dorries Nadine Dorries Nadine Vanessa Dorries is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire since 2005. She has been involved in parliamentary attempts to change the laws on abortion....  MP	Conservative	Mid-Bedfordshire Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency) Mid Bedfordshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
	Dr Ian Gibson Ian Gibson (politician) Ian Gibson is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Norwich North from 1997 to 2009...  MP	Labour	Norwich North
	Dr Evan Harris Evan Harris Evan Leslie Harris is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon from 1997 to 2010, losing his seat in the 2010 general election by 176 votes to Conservative Nicola Blackwood....  MP	Liberal Democrat	Oxford West and Abingdon
	Dr Brian Iddon Brian Iddon Brian Iddon is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Bolton South East from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Bolton South East
	Gordon Marsden Gordon Marsden Gordon Marsden is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Blackpool South since 1997.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Blackpool South Blackpool South (UK Parliament constituency) Blackpool South is a borough constituency in Lancashire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election, and was created in 1945.-History:...
	Bob Spink Bob Spink Robert Michael Spink is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Castle Point in Essex in 1992, lost his seat in 1997, but regained it in 2001...  MP	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Castle Point Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency) Castle Point is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.It was created in 1983, primarily...
	Ian Stewart Ian Stewart (Labour politician) Ian Stewart is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Eccles from 1997 until 2010.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Eccles Eccles (UK Parliament constituency) Eccles was a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :The constituency...
	Graham Stringer Graham Stringer Graham Eric Stringer is a British Labour Party politician who is the current Member of Parliament for Blackley and Broughton having previously represented Manchester Blackley from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Manchester Blackley Manchester Blackley (UK Parliament constituency) Manchester, Blackley was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
	Dr Desmond Turner MP	Labour	Brighton Kemptown
	Rob Wilson Rob Wilson Robert Owen Biggs Wilson is a United Kingdom politician and entrepreneur. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election.-Early life:...  MP	Conservative	Reading East

Source: Parliament Website

External links

• Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee