House of Lords Science and Technology Committee
UK parliamentary committee scrutinising science and technology policy.
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Why is the Lords committee scrutinising UKRI's funding approach this month?
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Took oral evidence from UKRI's chief executive on its funding approach
UK Startups and Innovation: Lords question UKRI chief on fundingBackground
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee took oral evidence from UK Research and Innovation chief executive Sir Ian Chapman on Tuesday 14 July 2026 on the agency's funding approach, with a new strategy expected shortly.
The committee is a House of Lords select committee, distinct from the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, and scrutinises government and public body policy on Science and technology.
Its questioning of UKRI's chief executive placed the agency's funding approach under parliamentary scrutiny in the same week as separate funding moves from the British Business Bank and Innovate UK, underlining wider debate over how public money supports UK research and innovation.
