Chair of the Committee, Baroness O’Cathain, said:
“During the past year, we have investigated a number of EU proposals for projects and strategies that place a significant emphasis on research and innovation. These include initiatives such as the EU ‘smart cities’ innovation partnership and the completion of the European research area.
“Through our scrutiny of these and other relevant proposals, we have discovered some cross-cutting issues that have relevance to a number of EU plans and initiatives. The Committee has now decided to pull this information together and use it as the basis for our new inquiry, which will explore the effectiveness of EU research and innovation proposals.
“We are particularly interested in hearing from those working in research and innovation in sectors where those disciplines play a particularly vital role; for example, transport, medicine, agriculture or technology. We would also encourage anyone with relevant expertise and experience in these issues to submit evidence for us to consider.”