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BES Consultation Responses & Parliamentary Evidence

2008

• Consultation on Proposals for a Scottish Climate Change Bill
  Scottish Government: April 2008
• Invitation to Frame an Inquiry into Defra's Use of Science
  Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee: March 2008
• The State of Systematics and Taxonomy Research
  The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee: February 2008
• Adapting the UK to Climate Change
  The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: January 2008
• Withdrawal of Funding for Equivalent or Lower Qualifications
  Innovation, Universities and Skills Select Committee: January 2008

2007

• Soil Framework Response
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: October 2007
• Flooding
  Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: September 2007
• Marine Bill White Paper
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: June 2007
• Draft Climate Change Bill
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: June 2007
• NERC Strategy 2007 - 2012
  Natural Environment Research Council: April 2007

2006

• The UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
  Environmental Audit Committee: October 2006
• The Marine Bill
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: June 2006
• Science Teaching in Schools
  House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee: June 2006
• Research Council Institutes
  House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committe: June 2006
• The Trade, Development and Environment: The Role of DFID Inquiry
  Environmental Audit Committee: March 2006
• Proposal for the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
  Natural Environment Research Council: January 2006
• Outdoor Education Manifesto
  Department for Education and Skills: January 2006
• Feral Wild Boar in England
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: January 2006

2005

• Guidelines on Scientific Analysis in Policy Making
  Office of Science and Technology: August 2005
• Proposed Position on Access to Research Outputs
  Research Councils UK: August 2005
• Study on the Urban Environment
  Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: August 2005
• Amendments to the Forestry Act: Regulatory Reform Order
  Forestry Commission: May 2005
• Review of Science in Defra
  Office of Science and Technology: April 2005
• Draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill
  Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: February 2005
• Follow-up to Learning the Sustainability Lesson
  Environmental Audit Committee: January 2005

2004

• Climate Change: Look Forward (Oral Evidence with the Biosciences Federation)
  Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: December 2004
• Research Themes in the 7th Framework Programme
  European Commission: December 2004
• Response to Consultation Document
  Commission for Africa: December 2004
• Evidence and Innovation: Defra's needs from the sciences over the next 10 years
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: October 2004
• Education Outside the Classroom 
  Education and Skills Committee: October 2004 
• Government's Rural Delivery Strategy 2004
  Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: September 2004
• SEERAD's Research Strategy Review
  Scottish Executive: September 2004
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: September 2004
• Catchment-Sensitive Farming
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and HM Treasury: September 2004
• UK's Sustainable Development Strategy
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: July 2004
• Government Response to the Review of Non-native Species Policy
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: March 2004
• Protection of Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: March 2004
• Scientific Publications 
  House of Commons Science and Technology Committee: March 2004

* The Committee is still in the process of taking evidence.

Related Information:

• Biosciences Federation Responses and Submissions
• Parliamentary Evidence
• Open Consultations

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