The Government Response To The Second Report From The House Of Commons Science And Technology Committee Session 2013 14 Hc 610 Cm8750

Author : Great Britain: Home Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780101875028
Total Pages : 22 pages
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Download or read book The Government Response to the Second Report from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Session 2013-14 HC 610 - Cm.8750 written by Great Britain: Home Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Response to the Committee's second report, session 2013-14 (ISBN 9780215060976)

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215071840
Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book HC 703 - Government Horizon Scanning written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-05-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government launched its new horizon scanning programme last July, stating that 'in a tight economic climate, it is more important than ever to have the best possible understanding of the world around us, and how that world is changing'. However, as it stands, the new programme is little more than an echo chamber for Government views. The new bodies that have been created consist entirely of Civil Servants, effectively excluding the vast pool of expertise that exists outside of government. The new programme does not even have a dedicated web presence to keep interested parties informed. The programme's failings are partially attributed to a lack of ministerial oversight. The Government also needs to recognise the potential role to be played in the new programme by the Government Office for Science (GO-Science), specifically the Foresight Unit. The relative lack of impact that the Foresight Unit has historically had on policy is largely a result of its non-central location in government. GO-Science is located in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). In contrast, the new horizon scanning programme is located in the Cabinet Office. In choosing to situate the new horizon scanning programme in the Cabinet Office, the Government has recognised the importance of location and has thereby acknowledged the strength of this argument. GO-Science should be relocated from BIS to the Cabinet Office, where it can play a more central role in the new programme and more effectively fulfill its role of ensuring that the best scientific evidence is utilised across government

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215070623
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Download or read book Communicating Climate Science - HC 254 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government is failing to clearly and effectively communicate climate science to the public. There is little evidence of co-ordination amongst Government, government agencies and public bodies on communicating climate science, despite various policies at national and regional level to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The mandate to act on climate can only be maintained if the electorate are convinced that the Government is acting on the basis of strong scientific evidence. Ministers therefore need to do more to demonstrate that is the case and consistently reflect the Government approach in all their communications, especially with the media. The report also criticises the BBC for its reporting on the issue. It points out that BBC News teams continue to make mistakes in their coverage of climate science by giving opinions and scientific fact the same weight. The BBC is called to develop clear editorial guidelines for all commentators and presenters on the facts of climate that should be used to challenge statements, from either side of the climate policy debate, that stray too far from the scientific facts. It is important that climate science is presented separately from any subsequent policy response. Government should work with the learned societies and national academies to develop a source of information on climate science that is discrete from policy delivery, comprehensible to the general public and responsive to both current developments and uncertainties in the science

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215078535
Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book HC 244 - National Health Screening written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The risks and benefits of participating in screening programmes, for conditions and diseases like cancer, are not consistently communicated by either the NHS or private health care providers, the Science and Technology Committee has warned in a new report. It is calling on the Government to ensure that a standardised process to produce screening information is introduced and that better communications training is provided to health care professionals. A recently revised breast cancer screening leaflet for the 50-70 age group - with its more explicit focus on helping women make an 'informed choice' about whether screening is right for them - marks a step in the right direction. However, the inquiry found that the principles followed to revise this leaflet have not been applied to the communications developed by other NHS screening programmes. The Committee recommends that steps are immediately taken by the Government's advisor on screening, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), to devise and implement a standard process for producing information that facilitates informed choice. It also recommends a clarification of what 'informed choice' means for potential screening participants so that different screening programmes can be more effectively evaluated on their delivery of it. MPs are also calling on the Office for National Statistics to validate the statistics presented in NHS screening information to resolve disagreement and confusion over their accuracy.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215083849
Total Pages : 53 pages
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Download or read book HC 734 - Current and Future Uses of Biometric Data and Technologies written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its broadest sense, biometrics is the measurement and analysis of a biological characteristic (fingerprints, iris patterns, retinas, face or hand geometry) or a behavioural characteristic (voice, gait or signature). Biometric technologies use these characteristics to identify individuals automatically. Unlike identity documents or passwords, biometrics cannot be lost or forgotten since they are a part of the user and are always present at the time of identification. They are also difficult, though not impossible, to forge or share. Three future trends in the application of biometrics were identified during the inquiry: (i) the growth of unsupervised biometric systems, accessed via mobile devices, which verify identity; (ii) the proliferation of "second-generation" biometric technologies that can authenticate individuals covertly; (iii) and the linking of biometric data with other types of 'big data' as part of efforts to profile individuals. Each of these trends introduces risks and benefits to individuals, to the state and to society as a whole. They also raise important ethical and legal questions relating to privacy and autonomy. The Committee are not convinced that the Government has addressed these questions, nor are they satisfied that it has looked ahead and considered how the risks and benefits of biometrics will be managed and communicated to the public.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215084225
Total Pages : 73 pages
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Download or read book HC 758 - Legacy-Parliament 2010-15 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780101792721
Total Pages : 9 pages
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Download or read book Government Response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee Report written by Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dated July 2010. Government response to the Committee's 6th report, HCP 335-I, session 2009-10 (ISBN 9780215545190)

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215037138
Total Pages : 74 pages
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Download or read book The last report written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-11-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 28 June 2007, the Prime Minister announced changes to the machinery of Government that had an impact upon the select committee system within the House of Commons. As a result, the Science and Technology Select Committee will be dissolved and replaced by a new Innovation, Universities and Skills Select Committee at the beginning of the next session of Parliament. This Report explains the role that the Science and Technology Committee has played within Parliament and the science community. It outlines the Committee's innovations, its impact and concerns regarding future science scrutiny in the House of Commons. It concludes that, in the long term, a separate Science and Technology Committee is the only way to guarantee a permanent focus on science across Government within the select committee system and recommends that the House be given an opportunity to revisit this issue.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780102216950
Total Pages : 9 pages
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Download or read book The Government's response to the Science and Technology Committee's second report, Session 1993-94, the forward look of Government-funded science, engineering and technology 1994 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780104008225
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Science and Technology Committee Annual Report 2005 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-02-27 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first Annual Report of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. Its aims are: make available the principles that guide its work and a summary of its activities; review the impact of its work; and comment on other matters relevant to its work such as the quality and timelines of the responses from Government.