BBC
News: The government is keeping scientists at "arm's
length" and treating science as "a peripheral policy concern,"
a group of MPs has said.The
Innovation,
Universities, Science and Skills committee says knowledge
from experts is not being properly used to make informed policy
decisions.Instead of being sidelined, scientists should be able
to communicate directly with the prime minister, it
argues.Former chief scientist Sir David King said reform was
"critical".A spokesman for the
Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills (BIS) rejected the accusation,
arguing that science was fundamentally central to government
operations.
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© 2009 American Institute of Physics
UK not using scientists effectively in government say MPs' Free
3 August 2009
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.5.023559
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