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PolicyNet
Events
PolicyNet Question Time
 PolicyNet
held its first Question Time event on 2nd
March at Savoy Place. The theme taken was
‘Is EU science, engineering and technology
policy in conflict with the UK national
interest?’.
Lord Wakeham, formerly
chairman of the Press Complaints Commission
chaired the event and panellists included Dr
Ian Gibson MP, Chairman of the House of
Commons Science and Technology Committee, Dr
Gill Samuels CBE, Senior Director Science
Policy & Scientific Affairs, Pfizer Global
Research & Development, Mr John Weston FREng,
Chairman of Spirent plc and formerly Chief
Executive BAE Systems and Lord Haskins,
formerly Chairman of Northern Foods and now
Rural Recovery co-ordinator.
The event was well
attended with over 50 PolicyNet supporters.
Some of the questions asked included “What
UK/EU measures could be taken to improve the
global perception of the UK/European science
base in order to attract greater business
investment? Can the UK go it alone?” and “Is
scientific advice used effectively in the
development of EU policy; and how could it
be improved?” which resulted in an
interesting exchange of informative opinions
from both the panel and audience leading to
a constructive debate that was enlightening.
The PolicyNet team
would like to thank the IEE Policy Team for
their help in staging the meeting at Savoy
Place.
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