- Lord Drayson (Labour), Science and Innovation Minister
- Adam Afriyie MP (Conservatives), Shadow Science and Innovation Minister
- Dr Evan Harris MP (Liberal Democrats), Science Spokesperson
The debate was chaired by Roger Highfield of New Scientist.
There were 350 people in the audience and 140 people watched online. The panellists responded to questions from audience on range of issues, including research funding, education, innovation and scientific advice in government.
You can watch the debate below:
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Making Science and Engineering Policy an Election Issue Lord Drayson, Adam Afriyie MP, Dr Evan Harris MP From: CaSE Science and Engineering Policy Debate 2010-01-13 13:00:00.0 News Channel |
Press coverage:
- BBC News: Minsters are entitled to sack advisers, say Tories
- THE: We ‘just don’t like them’ is adequate reason to dismiss advisers, claims shadow science minister
Blogs on the debate:
- New Scientist, The S Word: UK parties’ science spokesmen meet again
- Reciprocal Space: Science and Politics Mix
- The Lay Scientist: A Depressing Night Out for Nerds
- Pasco Phronesis blog: Second Cross-Party science debate manages to please and displease
- Andy Russell’s Blog: Make Science an Election Issue
- Some Beans: Making Science and Engineering a Policy Issue
- AMRC: Science Debate
- To the Left of Centre: CaSE Science Debate
- BES Ecology & Policy Blog: Major Political Parties Outline Science Strategies
Twitter reactions: #scidebate
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