Forensic science: follow-up

Science and Technology Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 3 Nov 2025 Parliament page
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is conducting a short inquiry into forensic science, following up on its 2019 inquiry and the recent work from the Westminster Commission on Forensic Science, which described the sector as being in a ‘graveyard spiral’.
1 Report
6 Oral sessions
3 Letters
6 Events
Activity timeline 17 events
21 Apr
2026
Report published
17 Feb
2026
Report published
29 Jan
2026
Correspondence
29 Jan
2026
Correspondence
7 Jan
2026
Oral evidence
7 Jan
2026
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
9 Dec
2025
Oral evidence
9 Dec
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
2 Dec
2025
Oral evidence
2 Dec
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
25 Nov
2025
Oral evidence
25 Nov
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
7 Jan 2026
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Amanda-Jane Balfour · Home Office Christophe Prince · Home Office Sarah Jones MP · Home Office Sarah Sackman KC MP · Ministry of Justice
9 Dec 2025
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Dr Marc Bailey · Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Gary Pugh OBE Matt Gantley · United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
2 Dec 2025
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Dr Paul Gibson · Lincolnshire Police Jake Moore · Eset Cybersecurity Jayne Meir · Northumbria Police Jo Osborne · BlueLight Commercial Professor Sarah Morris Steve Rick · Forensic Analytics
25 Nov 2025
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Fiona Douglas · Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services Katy Thorne KC Professor Claude Roux · Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney
18 Nov 2025
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Dr Des Vanhinsbergh · Key Forensic Services Dr Mark Pearse · Eurofins Forensic Services Professor Ruth Morgan
11 Nov 2025
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Professor Angela Gallop CBE Professor Carole McCartney Professor Niamh Nic Daeid
Correspondence 3 letters
29 Jan 2026 To committee Letter from Sarah Jones MP, Minister of State for Policing and Crime, Home Office, ref Forensic Science Inquiry Follow-Up
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29 Jan 2026 To committee Letter from Dr Mark Bailey, Forensic Science Regulator, ref Forensic Science Inquiry Follow-Up
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18 Nov 2025 To committee Letter from Alison Fendley OBE, Executive Director, Forensic Archive, ref Forensic Science Inquiry Follow-Up
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