Select Committee · Science and Technology Committee (Commons)

Asteroids and planetary defence

Status: Closed Opened: 16 Jun 2025 Closed: 16 Apr 2026
Inquiry scopeThe Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will hold a one-off session looking into asteroids and planetary defence. Highlighting the current and future risk of threat, composition benefits and discovery of formulation of the early beginnings of the solar system, technological instrumentation and national/international policy response in a global emergency.