The Legacy Report Parliament 2010-15

The Committee will be writing to as many of its former witnesses as it can to seek comment on the reports and Government responses to the Committee recommendations.  Comment is not restricted to former witnesses and any comment on the reports, or responses, may be submitted as evidence to the Committee in the usual way. 

Launching the inquiry, Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the Science and Technology Committee said:

"Select committees have an important role to play in Parliamentary scrutiny of Government.  Unlike most departmental select committees, the Science and Technology Committee has the privilege of covering issues across a number of Government departments but, because of that, we do not often have the ability to follow-up with every Minister on a regular basis.  We are taking this opportunity to go back to these Ministers and see just what they have done since we made our recommendations and to discover whether the Government is indeed doing all that it promised it would."

Terms of Reference

For any of the reports (or responses) you might wish to comment on:

1. Has the Government made progress in those areas it agreed with Committee recommendations?
2. Where the Government agreed with the principles of the Committee’s conclusions but not the recommended approach, has the Government introduced alternative approaches that have worked?
3. Are there issues raised during the Committee’s inquiries still unresolved?
4. Have Committee reports had an impact in raising issues that may otherwise have been neglected.
5. Have Committee reports had an influence outside of Government? For example on the policy and practice of industry and universities?

Submitting written evidence

The personal information you supply will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purposes of attributing the evidence you submit and contacting you as necessary in connection with its processing. The Clerk of the House of Commons is the data controller for the purposes of the Act. We may also ask you to comment on the process of submitting evidence via the web portal so that we can look to make improvements. If you have any queries or concerns about the collection and use of this information or do not wish your details to be used for the purpose of collecting feedback, please advise the Committee providing your full name, address, and if relevant your organisation.

Each submission should:

1. be no more than 3,000 words in length 
2. be in Word format with as little use logos as possible
3. have numbered paragraphs 
4. include a declaration of interests.

If you need to send a paper copy please send it to:

The Clerk
Science and Technology Committee
House of Commons
14 Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9NB

Please note that:

• Material already published elsewhere should not form the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within a proposed memorandum, in which case a hard copy of the published work should be included.
• Memoranda submitted must be kept confidential until published by the Committee, unless publication by the person or organisation submitting it is specifically authorised. 
• Once submitted, evidence is the property of the Committee. The Committee normally, though not always, chooses to make public the written evidence it receives, by publishing it on the internet (where it will be searchable), by printing it or by making it available through the Parliamentary Archives. If there is any information you believe to be sensitive you should highlight it and explain what harm you believe would result from its disclosure. The Committee will take this into account in deciding whether to publish or further disclose the evidence. 
• Select Committees are unable to investigate individual cases.

Information on submitting evidence to Select Committees

Further information

• Science and Technology Committee
• Inquiry: The Legacy Report
• Current inquiries
• Former inquiries
• About Parliament: Select Committees