Science is playing an increasing part in many decisions made by the UK Parliament, and probably in other legislation. What are the implications?
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We thank Annabel Lloyd at the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee; the Science and Environment Section at the House of Commons Library; the journal office at the House of Commons; and the clerks at the select committees for providing the raw data for the analysis. Special thanks go to Peter Border, David Cope and Gary Kass at POST for constructive criticism and support. A.P. is research assistant to I.G.
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Padilla, A., Gibson, I. Science moves to centre stage. Nature 403, 357–359 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35000299
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