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Written Question
Prime Minister: Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Friday 9th December 2022

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings (a) he and (b) his predecessors had with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser from (i) 1 December 2021 to 28 February 2022, (ii) 1 March to 31 May 2022 and (iii) 1 June to 31 August 2022.

Answered by Rishi Sunak

I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer of 16 February 2022, Official Report, PQ 120718.

Written Question
Cabinet Office: Chief Scientific Advisers
Wednesday 7th December 2022

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings (a) they and (b) other Ministers in their Department have had with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (i) 1 December 2021 to 28 February 2022, (ii) 1 March to 31 May 2022 and (iii) 1 June to 31 August 2022.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The Cabinet Office draws from a range of scientific advice and expertise. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
COP27

"We need to create jobs and prosperity as we transition to net zero. In battery technology, we are world leading in the research, but we need to manufacture batteries here. Given the concerning news about Britishvolt, will the Prime Minister and his colleagues commission an urgent review of how we …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Sat 10 Sep 2022
Tributes to Her Late Majesty the Queen

"My constituents in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells and the wider borough of Tunbridge Wells loved Her late Majesty. On behalf of us all, I express our gratitude for her life of service. In Royal Tunbridge Wells, we have a very special connection through Mr Harry Collins, who for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2022
CHOGM, G7 and NATO Summits

"It is clear that the whole House welcomes the strong role that the UK played in driving support for Ukraine. Will the Prime Minister update us on the discussions he had with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan, particularly on the progress of the UK’s participation in the trans-Pacific trade agreement …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Apr 2022
United Kingdom Statistics Authority

"I should tell the House that I have known Sir Robert Chote as a friend for many years. Not just from that knowledge, but from an appreciation of his career in public service, I think the Government, as the hon. Member for Luton South (Rachel Hopkins) said, have made an …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Yesterday, President Zelensky drew on the words of Churchill in this Chamber. As we salute the courage of the people of Ukraine, it reminds us that we can meet in freedom today only because of the courage of a generation of men and women who, in the second world war, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Feb 2022
Living with Covid-19

"Sir Andrew Pollard of the Oxford Vaccine Group said this morning that it does not make a big difference whether the decision to lift these restrictions is taken now or in a few weeks’ time. It is therefore not clear what the purpose of waiting any longer would be. However, …..."
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Written Question
Prime Minister: Chief Scientific Advisers
Wednesday 16th February 2022

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings he had with his Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September to 30 November 2021.

Answered by Boris Johnson

I draw on a range of scientific advice and expertise. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed. My Rt Hon Friend will be aware of this long-standing position from his time as a Minister (for example, as noted in Official Report, 25 February 2016, UIN 28557 and Official Report, 19 April 2012, Col. 520W.

Written Question
Cabinet Office: Chief Scientific Advisers
Tuesday 15th February 2022

Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September to 30 November 2021.

Answered by Michael Ellis

The Cabinet Office draws on a range of scientific advice and expertise, including from the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Chief Scientific Advisers in individual Government Departments as well as academics and researchers.

The Cabinet Office does not have its own Chief Scientific Adviser.