Select committee: Science and Technology Committee

Science visa policy

Closed Opened 17 Dec 2024 Closed 28 Jan 2025

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

This one-off session will explore the effects of the UK’s immigration and visas policy on science, researchers, and universities.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 17 December 2024.

The committee has not published a report yet.

1 session

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
7 Jan 2025	Oral evidence session Harry Anderson · Universities UK, Professor Alison Noble · The Royal Society, Professor Dame Karen Holford · Cranfield University, Shuyeb Muquit · Fragomen LLP	View ↗

4 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Harry Anderson · Head of Policy and Global Engagement	Universities UK	1
Professor Alison Noble · Foreign Secretary	The Royal Society	1
Professor Dame Karen Holford · Vice-Chancellor and Universities UK Board Member	Cranfield University	1
Shuyeb Muquit · UK Government Affairs Strategy Lead	Fragomen LLP	1

1 letter

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Published	Direction	Letter
4 Feb 2025	To committee	Letter from Baroness Brown of Cambridge to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP and Lord Vallance of Balham, ref Science visa policy