SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: FREE FOR ALL?: A debate on the Committee's Report (fwd)

From: Stevan Harnad <harnad_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:15:27 +0000

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Subject: SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: FREE FOR ALL?: A debate on the
    Committee's Report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE OFFICE, HOUSE OF COMMONS
7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA
Tel. Nos. 020 7219 2793-2794 (Fax. No. - 0896) email:
scitechcom_at_parliament.uk

PRESS NOTICE


No.13 of Session 2005-06
1 December 2005

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: FREE FOR ALL?

A debate on the Committee's Report

Thursday 15 December 2005

2.30pm-5.30pm

WESTMINSTER HALL

On Thursday 15 December there will be a debate in Westminster Hall on
Scientific Publications. The debate is open to the public.

The debate will focus on the conclusions of the Committee's recent
Reports and the Government's response, and will also cover relevant
recent developments.

The Reports to be debated are:

        * Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Scientific Publications:
Free for all?, published on 20 July 2004 as HC 399-I

        * Fourteenth Report, Session 2003-04, Responses to the
Committee's Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Scientific Publications: Free
for all?, published as HC 1200 on 8 November 2004.

Also relevant is the subsequent Government response to the Committee's
Fourteenth Report:

                * Third Special Report, Session 2004-05, Responses
to the Committee's Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Scientific
Publications: Free for all?: Responses to the Committee's 14th Report of
Session 2003-04, published as HC 249 on 1 February 2005.

For further information please call Ana Ferreira, on 020 7219 2793.
Previous press notices and publications are available on our website.
www.parliament.uk/s&tcom


Notes for those wishing to attend the debate in Westminster Hall

Members of the public wishing to attend should present themselves at St
Stephen's Entrance where they will be directed through security and to
Westminster Hall. It is advisable to allow about 15 minutes for this.
Please ensure that mobile phones and pagers are turned off before
entering Westminster Hall. Under no circumstances should members of the
public address Members during the debate. Those attending the debate
are asked to remain silent throughout.

Notes to editors:
* Under the terms of Standing Order No. 152 the Science and
Technology Committee is empowered to examine the "expenditure, policy
and administration of the Office of Science and Technology and its
associated public bodies". The Committee was appointed on 19 July 2005.
* The Committee's Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Scientific
Publications: Free for all? Was published on 20 July 2004 as HC 399-I.
The Committee's Fourteenth Report, Session 2003-04 was published on 8
November 2004 as HC 1200. The Government Response was published on 1
February 2005 as the Committee's Third Special Report, Session 2004-05,
Responses to the Committee's Tenth Report, Session 2003-04, Scientific
Publications: Free for all?: Responses to the Committee's 14th Report of
Session 2003-04 (HC 249).


Membership of the Committee

Mr Phil Willis (Lib Dem, Harrogate and Knaresborough)(Chairman)
Margaret Moran (Lab, Luton South)
Adam Afriyie (Con, Windsor) Mr Brooks Newmark (Con, Braintree)

Mr Robert Flello (Lab, Stoke-on-Trent South) Anne Snelgrove
(Lab/Co-op, South Swindon)
Dr Ian Gibson (Lab, Norwich North) Bob Spink (Con, Castle
Point)
Dr Evan Harris (Lib Dem, Oxford West & Abingdon) Dr Desmond
Turner (Lab, Brighton Kemptown)
Dr Brian Iddon (Lab, Bolton South East)

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