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I note with interest the news of the resignation of Stephen Dorrell as Chair of the Commons Select Committee for Health. I am concerned to read that one of the primary contenders for the post will be existing Committee member, David Tredinnick..In my opinion, Mr Tredinnick’s continued advocacy of unevidential complementary and alternative approaches...

He just cannot help himself. During the fourth evidence session of the House of Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology’s inquiry into antimicrobial resistance last week, David Tredinnick, quoting a statistic from a source he had located in the HoC Library, deemed it relevant to ask (@ 09:55) the first witness panel:“Between 1994 and 2008,...

To re-emphasise, the raison d’être of the House of Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology is:‘… to ensure that Government policy and decision-making are based on good scientific and engineering advice and evidence.’This week (Wednesday 26th February), the Committee holds the fourth evidence session of its ongoing inquiry into antimicrobial...

The transcript of the second evidence session of the Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology’s inquiry into Antimicrobial resistance is now available. Here, I edit and compile contributions to proceedings by Committee member David Tredinnick:‘Much of the Government’s antimicrobial resistance strategy, perhaps naturally, focused on increasing...

According to its pages on the Parliament website, the role of the Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology is:‘… to ensure that Government policy and decision-making are based on good scientific and engineering advice and evidence.’That’s scientific advice; not, note, pseudoscientific.We’re also informed that the Committee ‘scrutinises the...