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  • ...In 2007 the incoming SNP administration changed the name to [[The Scottish Government]]. *The [[Big Partnership]] £103,722 <ref>Scottish Government Website [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/FOI/19260/PR About: PR companies
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  • ...s have served either in a Bush administration policy post or on one of the government's many panels and commissions.<ref>George W. Bush, [http://www.whitehouse.g ...e study into the effect of higher temperatures on the natural world in the scientific journal Nature. They predicted that over the next fifty years climate chang
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  • ...n creating confusion in the public's mind because of its similarity to the government-appointed Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission.<ref>Andy Ro In early 2008 it was revealed that GM food companies had lobbied the government department responsible for GM to be allowed to hide the locations of crop t
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  • In June 2008, the Whitehouse Consultancy and [[DLA Piper Global Government Affairs]] wrote a letter of complaint to the [[Public Administration Select ...legal advice we are strongly of the opinion that this contravenes not only government procurement guidelines but also EU directives... and as such is unlawful".
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  • '''Geoffrey Norris''' is a former government adviser who was seen as one of the most crucial advocates of nuclear power, Even for Blair's special advisers, Norris was considered extremely close to Blair. The closeness rankled [[Jo
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  • '''Sir David King''' is a former UK [[Government Chief Scientific Adviser]]. He was appointed permanent special representative for climate ch ...ser to the financial services giant [[UBS]]. He was the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the [[Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology|Of
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  • ...ic Affairs News, "[http://tinyurl.com/ydm3mva Luther Pendragon hires ex-EP advisers as it grows Brussels office]," Undated, accessed 11 January 2010.</ref> ...on which will inform CoRWM's final recommendations, due to be presented to government in 2006. The Luther team will comprise: [[Adam Lewis]], [[Ben Rich]], [[Mik
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  • ...ime in government for his "stewardship of energy policy in the last Labour Government that brought nuclear back onto the agenda". <ref> Vincent de Rivaz, New Nuc ...Groves, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1286901/Ex-Labour-energy-chief-walks-nuclear-post.html], 16 June 2010 </ref>
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  • There is a little-known ritual in politics known as 'prayers'. In government, this refers to the summoning of civil servants by ministers for a policy m ...ons, and vary from tame parliamentary gossip to detailed information about government plans for a specific industry.
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  • ...sed to the peerage on 22 June 1997. Levene's career has been in business, government and banking. He was also a special adviser to Conservative defence minister ...inistry of Defence, and later he became Permanent Secretary in the role of Chief Defence Procurement (1985-91) [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm2
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  • ...ntary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement and as Government Spokesman for Defence to the [[House of Lords]].<ref name="Winnett">Robert On 3 October 2008 Drayson returned to government being appointed by [[Gordon Brown]] as Minister of State for Science and In
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  • [[Defence Scientific Advisory Council]] (DSAC) ==Special Advisers==
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  • ...Lord Privy Seal in July 2014.<ref name="No10reshuffle">[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2014 Ministerial appointments: July 2014 ...-offices/government-and-opposition1/her-majestys-government/ Her Majesty's Government Ministers A-Z]Parliament Website, accessed 25 September 2015</ref>
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  • '''Nigel John Oakes''' (born 3 July 1962) is the Chief Executive Officer of [[Strategic Communication Laboratories]] (SCL), the "l ...he scientific and creative approaches to information. Those who ignore the scientific approach will be left behind. We would much rather be in competition with c
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  • ...hing a set of unelected bosses and millionaires in the heart of the Labour Government - from Lord Sainsbury's peerage and Science Minister job (he has given more ...includes companies like Raytheon Systems, an arms manufacturer bidding for Government contracts and Enron, the failed energy multinational which is the subject o
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  • ...a very significant organisation connected to [[David Cameron|Cameron’s]] advisers. The think-tank is unusual in that it is directly supported by individual b [[Alex Hickman]] - Co-founder and chief executive, [[Chartwell Speakers]]
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  • ==Government== ...perceived Netscape as a threat, "that is pretty much how they approach the government, as a threat," Mr Love said72.
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  • === Special Advisers === The special advisers to the inquiry on obesity were:
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  • ...e NSIC in 1962 along with [[Morris Liebman]]. Other founding directors and advisers of the NSIC include ultra-rightist beer baron [[Joseph Coors]]; [[Frank Sha :Decter said the idea for the CFW originated at an Israeli government-sponsored conference on terrorism in 1979. Her husband, Norman Podhoretz,al
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  • ...2010/aug/04/quilliam-foundation-list-alleged-extremism List sent to terror chief aligns peaceful Muslim groups with terrorist ideology,] ''The Guardian'', 5 ...nown, the Quilliam Foundation reportedly received £700,000 as part of the government's [[Preventing Violent Extremism]] Programme, £400,000 of which was given
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  • ...investment, and signals clearly to the industry the serious intent of the Government to push forward nuclear new build.”<ref>DECC [http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/c .../british-government-plan-play-down-fukushima?INTCMP=SRCH Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima], ''The Guardian'', 30 June 2011</ref>
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  • ===Special advisers=== ====Previous special advisers====
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  • ...Sponsors], accessed 2 October 2008.</ref> The Foundation offers weeklong government studies programmes in Washington, D.C. and works with C-Span and TIME magaz ...the First International Bank, formerly Economic Minister to North America-Government of Israel, Director at the National Electric Company of Israel, Israel Disc
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  • :was formed in January 2002 to advance an evidence-based approach to scientific issues in the public domain. It was formalised as a Trust in August 2003.<r ...2002, [[Tracey Brown]], its director, attended a meeting hosted by the UK government's [[Central Office of Information]] (COI) about the design of the Public De
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  • ...sciences', and one of the seven Research Councils sponsored through the UK Government's Office of Science and Technology. ...of interdisciplinary research and training to help industry, commerce and Government create wealth'.
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  • Professor [[Liam Donaldson]] was the UK government's chief medical officer from 1998 until 2010. ...d in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his consultancy form of his clients."<ref> [http://acoba.inde
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  • ...be harmful to the public interest. Transparency is needed if we're to have government accountability on these issues.</blockquote> ...ong, an issue that exposes the far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money.”
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  • ...Executive is less open about corporate influence and lobbyists than the UK government. The academics behind the study, [[David Miller]], [[William Dinan]] & [[Ph ...some of the key rows and the failures of news management inside Scotland's government.<ref name="EUP"/>
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  • ...er10.gov.uk/Page19525 Prime Minister's Office: Changes to the machinery of Government] Friday 5 June 2009</ref> ...ent, supported by 48 agencies and public bodies. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills Department for Busi
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  • ...5) was the Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government and Head of the [[Government Office for Science]] ([[GO-S]]) from January 2008 until March 2013, when he Beddington played a key role in helping the UK government devise its response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 throu
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  • It co-owns Grangemouth with [[PetroChina]]. In July 2014 Ineos received a UK government loan guarantee to build Europe’s largest ethane storage tank at Grangemou ...tream was awarded a further three blocks (SK45, SK48 and SK58a) by the UK government in its first tranche of the 14th onshore licensing round.
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  • ...arly 20 years in the world of Washington, most recently as the director of government affairs for the [[Jewish Institute for National Security of America]]. He h ...sident in the UK to make an intensive study of some aspect, (sociological, scientific, cultural, economic, etc.) of life in Israel.<ref>http://www.angloisraelass
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  • ...ter]] and the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]; and head of the [[Government Office for Science]]. He has a significant public role as the government's most visible scientific expert.
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  • ==List of Chief Scientific Advisers for Scotland== ...cotland.com/news/education/government-adviser-takes-academic-post.24489618 Government adviser takes academic post] Monday 16 June 2014.</ref>
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  • ...nt/news/decc-appoints-new-chief-scientific-advisor DECC appoints new chief scientific advisor] GOV.UK, 2 October 2014, accessed 3 October 2014 </ref> ...nsure that DECC's policies and operations, and 'its contributions to wider government issues, are underpinned by the best science and engineering advice availabl
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  • ...ut"> [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-chief-scientist-appointed New Chief Scientist Appointed] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 23 April 2015 </ref> ...the [[British Antarctic Survey]] from 1987 to 2001. More recently, he was chief scientist for a [[US Navy]] study that looked into the behavioural response
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  • ...in the Blackpool area. The company stopped fracking at the site while the government reviewed the implications of the report. Anti-fracking campaigners reacted *'''13 December''': In a major decision, the government lifts a moratorium on fracking, allowing [[Cuadrilla]] to resume its gas pr
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  • ...ers on cross-departmental matters. <ref name="Vernon"> [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/vernon-gibson Professor Vernon Gibson], ''GOV.uk'', accessed 19 Octo Before joining MOD, Gibson held the post of Chief Chemist at [[BP]]. In this role, he provided leadership to BP’s large tec
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  • ...alth & Social Care]] (formerly the Department of Health) is part of the UK government. ===Special advisers===
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