Member of the Commons and Chair of the board
About the POST Board
The POST Board oversees POST’s objectives, outputs and future work programme.
It meets quarterly to discuss proposals for POSTnotes and decide which briefings should be produced. These meetings ensure that POST’s work programme reflects the current interests of UK Parliament.
To maximise impartiality, the POST Board reflects the make-up of UK Parliament and spans the breadth of scientific disciplines. It comprises:
- 14 parliamentarians drawn from the House of Commons (10) and the House of Lords (4), roughly reflecting the balance of parties in Parliament.
- Leading non-parliamentarians from the research community, nominated by the National Academies.
- Representatives of the House of Lords and the Research & Information and Chamber and Committees teams of the House of Commons.
Officers
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Member of the Lords and Vice chair of the board
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Board secretary, Chamber and Committees
House of Commons
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Member of the board
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Member of the board
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Member of the board
House of Lords
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Member of the board
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Member of the board
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Member of the board
Non-parliamentary
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Geneticist and Professor at University College London, board member
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Statistician and ex Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office, board member
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Distinguished visitor of the NPL, former President of the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, former Vice President and Technical Executive for IBM in Europe, board member
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Elected Fellow of the British Academy, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Geographical Society, Professor of environment and public policy, board member
Ex-officio
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Head of POST
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House of Commons Librarian and Managing Director of Research & Information
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Principal Clerk of Select Committees, House of Commons
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Head of Science and Environment Section, House of Commons Library
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Clerk of Select Committees, House of Lords