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Witnesses due to appear before the select committee, clockwise, from top left: Richard Thomas, Professor John Beddington, Professor Julia Slingo, Professor Phil Jones, Lord Lawson of Blaby, Professor Edward Acton, Professor Bob Watson and Dr Benny Peiser. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Scientists Phil Jones and John Beddington and sceptics Nigel Lawson and Benny Peiser among those giving evidence
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The climate scientist at the centre of a media storm over private emails released on to the internet will face his first public questions on the affair today when he appears before a parliamentary committee.
The science and technology select committee is expected to ask Phil Jones, head of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia, to explain emails that critics claim show he manipulated data and censored research.
It will be the first time Jones has appeared in public since the emails were released in November. He will also be asked about correspondence that appears to show a reluctance to share data with critics under Freedom of Information requests.
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Source: guardian.co.uk