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Science, policy and government

The Royal Society is the UK's leading independent scientific body.  As well as providing an authoritative voice and leadership for UK science, we provide objective advice for government and policymakers on science, its relationship with society and science education.

Our interests range from policy issues affecting science, such as the funding of university research, or intellectual property rights for scientific research, to public policy issues with a scientific aspect, such as stem cells and cloning, biodiversity and radioactive waste.

What's new?

• Letter to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the management of separated plutonium  (19 Dec 2008)

• Submission to the NDA consultation on management options for the UK's separated plutonium
  (19 Dec 2008)

• Towards a low carbon energy future (12 December 2008)

• Royal Society's response to a vision for Science and Society: a consultation on developing a new strategy for the UK  (27 Oct 2008).

• Ground-level ozone in the 21st century: future trends, impacts and policy implications
  (6 Oct 2008)

• Synthetic biology scientific discussion meeting summary  (29 Aug 2008)

• Royal Society activities on reducing the risk of the misuse of scientific research (21 August 2008)

• Innovative mechanisms for tackling antibacterial resistance (10 July 2008)

• Joint science academies' statement: Climate change adaptation and the transition to a low carbon society
  (10 Jun 2008)

• Joint science academies' statement: global health
  (10 Jun 2008)

• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill brief  (8 April 2008)

• Royal Society submission to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee inquiry into Defra's scientific infrastructure. (27 March 2008)

• Royal Society submission to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee inquiry into engineering (18 March 2008)

• Stem cell and embryo research statement  (12 March 2008)

• Pandemic Influenza: report of the follow-up symposium (11 March 2008)

• Detecting nuclear and radiological materials (6 March 2008)