Tania Mathias, the Conservative MP for Twickenham, will replace Nicola Blackwood as chairwoman of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on a temporary basis.
The committee announced Mathias’ appointment in a tweet on 19 July. She will be responsible for chairing the committee’s meetings until the election for Blackwood’s permanent replacement is held in the autumn.
Mathias, an ophthalmologist, was first elected as an MP in May 2015, after defeating the Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, who was business secretary in the previous coalition government.
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