MPs squeeze science back onto select committee list
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What's in a name The House of Commons stationery department was working overtime yesterday, after MPs forced the government to accept there was a need for a select committee with explicit responsibility for overseeing science.â¦
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Despite an overwhelming House vote last month to revive the Iraq Study Group, the White House has blocked reconvening the bipartisan panel to provide a second independent assessment of the military and political situation in Iraq, said several sources involved in the panel's December 2006 report.
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Like many schoolchildren, members of Congress were due back at their desks Tuesday after a summer break. Unlike the students, lawmakers will immediately face major tests: on Iraq, children's health care, a home mortgage crisis and the budget.
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MPs urge a rethink of the government's refusal to split the assessment of special needs from its funding.
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Science & environment: Some defences remain in poor condition despite 40% increase in funding, MPs' report claims
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Some outside scientists wondered whether a Department of Veterans Affairs panel was stretching thin data to tell veterans what they wanted to hear in the committee's recent report.
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AN influential MP yesterday demanded that food safety experts carry out further tests on a preservative used in some soft drinks.  The call by Lib Dem Norman Baker came after an academic raised fears over E211, known as sodium benzoate.
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And more cash for ICO A committee of MPs has dismissed government denials that recent data losses were the result of individual failures and called for legislation to punish such reckless treatment of private data in future.â¦
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Tony Blair appears before the Commons liaison committee where MPs will question him on a range of issues.
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The UK public is being invited by the government to have its say on the future of science and technology.
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MPs face public scrutiny over the millions of pounds paid each year in expenses and allowances.
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Lambasts DCA's 'unnecessary' focus on reducing costs Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee has categorically rejected the government's case for new arrangements in handling Freedom of Information requestsâ¦
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The public needs to have greater say in scientific decision-making, the British Association leader says.
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The key points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, from 1200 GMT.
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Former lord chancellor advises committee chairman with compromise formula expected in MPs' report
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Congress embarks this week on the weightiest of debates on morality and the march of science, deciding whether to use public money for embryonic stem cell research and, in turn, setting up President Bush&#039;s first veto.
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Whitehall saves taxpayer cash Whitehall has acted on the recommendations of a parliamentary committee by improving services and value for money, according to its chair.â¦