Section 47 of the Government Response to the Science and Technology Committee’s Evidence Check on homeopathy: We note the Committee’s view that allowing for the provision of homeopathy may risk seeming to endorse it, and we will keep the position under review. However, we do not believe that this risk amounts to a risk to… Continue reading Government Ignores Science
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Programme for Government
Our new coalition government has released full details of its five year programme. They’ve even produced a web site that contains all of the information (although currently it seems a little broken and is just presenting a page where you can download a PDF). I thought it was worth digging into it a bit to… Continue reading Programme for Government
Homeopathy Petition
We’re all, of course, very happy about the results of the House of Commons Science and Technology committee’s evidence check on homeopathy. But it’s important to realise exactly what has happened. This is a House of Commons committee which has produced a list of recommendations. The government is under no obligation at all to take… Continue reading Homeopathy Petition
Petition Approved
The petition I mentioned yesterday has been approved and is now on the Number 10 petitions site. Please consider signing it. And please forward the address to as many people as you can. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/DoYourRealJob/
Ministers Want To Conceal MPs’ Expenses
The government are seriously considering moves that will remove MPs’ expenses from the list of items that the public can demand to see under the Freedom of Information Act. I hope it’s obvious why that’s a terrible idea, but if you need convincing, please read Matt Wardman’s blog post on the subject. Writing on the… Continue reading Ministers Want To Conceal MPs’ Expenses