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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That's a bit of a mystery. Who is the responsible minister, if not McDonald? BIST still has sponsorship of the Government Office for Science, according to this letter to Commons SITC dated yesterday committees.parliament.uk/publications...

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Supplementary: a written answer from the science minister himself two days ago confirmed that the Government Office for Science remained within BIST questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

10:40 AM · Sep 10, 2026

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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The SITC Committee will become the Science and Technology Committee – and will be principally concerned with GO-Science, now that DSIT is defunct commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/2026-09-10 Seems like a radical descoping of oversight work done by Chi Onwurah MP et al? #govtech #techpolicy #datapolicy

31. Standing Orders Etc. (Machinery of Government Changes)

Sir Alan Campbell

That the following amendments and related provisions be made in respect of Standing Orders:

A: Select Committees Related to Government Departments

(1) That Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended in the Table in paragraph (2) as follows—

(i) leave out items 1, 3, 14 and 19;

(ii) insert, in the appropriate place, the following items:

"Business, Innovation, Science and Trade" : "Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade"
"Digital, Culture, Media and Sport" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"
"Science and Technology": "Government Office for Science"
"Women and Equalities": "Office for Equality and Opportunity"

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