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Science, the New Parliament & the Budget

Science and the New Parliament preceded (and slightly overlapped with) the budget today. It was organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) with the support of many other organisations, including CaSE. Speakers came from across science and engineering to discuss the importance of working together with parliament and government to develop public policy. Imran Khan, CaSE Director, outlined CaSE’s [...]
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Interview with the Science Minister

The new Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts has given an interview to Mark Henderson of the Times, ahead of the Cheltenham Science Festival, on the importance of independent scientific advice in government. You can view the Times’ article here, as well as an extended version of the interview on Mark’s blog. In the interview [...]
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Science in the Cabinet

The Cabinet Office today released the new Ministerial Code, as well as details on the new Cabinet Committee System. There’s interesting news for science and engineering in both documents. The Ministerial Code The Code sets out the over-arching duties which Government Ministers must abide by. Section 5.2 says; Ministers have a duty to give fair consideration and due weight to [...]
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