House of Commons - The Government's review of the principles applying to the treatment of independent scientific advice provided to government - Science and Technology

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Science and Technology - Third Report
The Government's review of the principles applying to the treatment of independent scientific advice provided to government

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 9 December 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1  Introduction

Background
Previous reports
This report

2  The content and terms of the principles

Principle 1: Academic freedom
Principle 2: Independence of operation
Principle 3: Proper consideration of advice
Process for agreeing the principles
3  The operation and application of the principles

Advice on the interpretation of the principles
Dealing with disputes
Dismissal of members of scientific advisory committees
Rejection of a scientific advisory committee's advice
Press Office

4  The treatment of scientific advice across government
5  Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex 1: The Statement of Principles for the Treatment of Independent Scientific Advice
1. Academic Freedom
2. Independence of Operation
3. Proper Consideration of Advice
Annex 2: Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence Based Policy Making
Phillips Review
External sources of advice
Evidence Based Policy
Annex 3: Report of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee, Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy
Science Advisory Councils/Committees
Formal Minutes and List of written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 14 December 2009